Abstract
We isolated and characterized a total of 14 microsatellite loci from gopher frogs, Lithobates capito. This species is of conservation concern because most populations have gone locally extinct across the geographic distribution. Loci were screened for 21 individuals from a single population in Florida. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 7 to 17, observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.667 to 0.947, and the probability of identity values ranged from 0.011 to 0.077. These new loci provide tools for examining the genetic diversity and population structure of L. capito populations and addressing factors associated with their decline.
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Manuscript preparation was partially supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DE-FC09-07SR22506 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. We thank Daniel Smith for providing the frog specimens.
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Nunziata, S.O., Richter, S.C., Denton, R.D. et al. Fourteen novel microsatellite markers for the gopher frog, Lithobates capito (Amphibia: Ranidae). Conservation Genet Resour 4, 201–203 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9508-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9508-2