Conservation Genetics

, 10:1511 | Cite as

Characterization of nine microsatellite loci for a globally vulnerable species, Reeves’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

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Abstract

Reeves’s Pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesii, is an endemic species of China. Due to habitat loss, poaching and human disturbance, its wild population has been decreased drastically and it is listed as a globally vulnerable species by IUCN/BirdLife/WPA (IUCN 2008). Here, we report nine new polymorphic microsatellite markers isolated from the Reeves’s Pheasant. The number of alleles per locus varies between four and fourteen, with expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.349–0.776 (n  = 90). These polymorphic loci provide a valuable tool for future population studies that relate to the conservation of this pheasant.

Keywords

Syrmaticus reevesii Microsatellite Primers Conservation 
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Acknowledgments

The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30570234). We thank Jiang Chang, Jian-qiang Li and Yang Qiu for the collection of samples, Weining Bai and Yanli Hao for guidance with data analysis, and Lei Bao for conducting fragment sequencing. We also thank Jian-qiang Li, Jiang Chang for evaluation of the manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, College of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
  2. 2.Computational and Molecular Population Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland

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