title: Rapid microsatellite development in Gekko japonicus using sequenced restriction-site associated DNA markers.
abstract: Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the Japanese gecko, Gekko japonicus. We genotyped one population from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China (N = 36). The mean number of observed alleles per locus was 7.3 (range 4 to 13). Observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.200 to 0.944 and from 0.395 to 0.797, respectively. One locus (GJ20) showed significant departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; no linkage disequilibrium was found between any two loci. These informative microsatellite markers will be useful for population genetic analyses of G. japonicus and other species in the genus Gekko.
authors.affiliation: College of Ecology, Lishui University, Lishui, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: College of Ecology, Lishui University, Lishui, China.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ping
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China.
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers