Microsatellites for the Neotropical Ant, Odontomachus chelifer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Autor:	Lemos ASM; Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Azevedo-Silva M; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Gonçalves-Neto S; Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Souza AP; Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Oliveira PS; Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of insect science (Online) [J Insect Sci] 2020 Sep 01; Vol. 20 (5).
DOI:	10.1093/jisesa/ieaa117
Abstrakt:	Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille) (Ponerinae) is a ground-dwelling, predominantly carnivorous ant whose colonies may contain multiple egg-laying queens and are potentially susceptible to border effects in the Brazilian savanna known as Cerrado. The ecology and natural history of O. chelifer is well studied, but very little is known about the genetic diversity of O. chelifer colonies. In this study, we developed microsatellite markers for the study of genetic variation in O. chelifer. We created a microsatellite-enriched library that resulted in the development and characterization of 22 markers, of which 18 were found to be polymorphic in the population studied. The mean expected heterozygosity was 0.59, whereas the mean rarified allelic richness was determined as 4.27 alleles per locus. The polymorphism level detected was similar to genetic diversity estimates found in other poneromorph ant species. The microsatellites developed here are likely to be useful for the investigation of colony structure, functional polygyny, breeding system, and population genetics in O. chelifer. Moreover, the description of O. chelifer's genetic diversity is crucial for its conservation and maintenance of its ecological role in the Cerrado savanna. (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America.)
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