Abstract
We isolated and characterized a total of 24 microsatellite loci from the orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus). Loci were screened in 32 individuals currently maintained as a captive population: 13 wild-caught individuals from Panama and four from Belize, and the remaining 15 were first generation F1 offspring. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 9, observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.000 to 0.938, and the probability of identity values ranged from 0.075 to 0.604. These new loci will provide tools for identifying relatedness values among sampled individuals currently in captivity and for exploring genetic diversity levels and connectivity between populations in Central America.
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The authors acknowledge the financial support of Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation and the DOE under Award Number DE-FC09-07SR22506 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Shared Resource of the University of Colorado Cancer Center (5P30CA046934) provided bioinformatics support. Samples were collected under permits issued by the Belize Agricultural Health Authority and the Forest Department, and Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development.
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Beasley, R.R., Lance, S.L., Jones, K.L. et al. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus). Conservation Genet Resour 6, 743–745 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-014-0205-9
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