title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the acacia-ant Crematogaster mimosae.
abstract: We describe 10 microsatellite loci developed from Crematogaster mimosae, an ant species that nests mutualistically in Acacia drepanolobium trees in east Africa. Polymorphism ranged from 4 to 16 alleles per locus (mean = 7.3). Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.485 to 0.813 (mean 0.626), and from 0.502 to 0.894 (mean 0.674), respectively. These markers will foster studies of the population structure, colony structure, and reproductive strategies of these ants.
authors.affiliation: Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. ber24@cornell.edu
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Makarewich
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Talaba
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stenzler
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bogdanowicz
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Lovette