title: Polymerase chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae).
abstract: The elongate twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis is widely distributed in the New World ranging from southern USA to Brazil and northern Argentina. To investigate its within-colony relatedness, we developed primers for nine polymorphic microsatellite loci. High levels of within-population variation were observed, with number of alleles ranging from two to 13, and heterozygosity from 0.28 to 0.90. The loci showed no deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and no linkage disequilibrium.
authors.affiliation: Biologie I, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. volker.schmid@biologie.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: Volker S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kautz
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trindl
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heinze