Abstract
Eight microsatellite loci were isolated from an enriched genomic library of the great leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros armiger. The polymorphism of these loci was tested on a population of 48 individuals from Anhui Province, China. All loci revealed the polymorphism ranging from three to 12 alleles. The observed heterozygosity values were from 0.213 to 0.875 and expected heterozygosity from 0.232 to 0.820. No significant linkage disequilibrium was detected. Two loci significantly deviated from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium after Bonferroni correction. In addition, successful cross-amplification also suggested that these microsatellite markers will facilitate research on the population genetics and gene flow of H. armiger and other related species.
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This work was supported by Zijiang scholarship to Shuyi Zhang, and by National Science Council of Taiwan, ROC to LK Lin (NSC96-2621-b-029-002). We thank Hui Zhong, Li Wei for assistance in the samples collection of H. armiger.
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Guo, T.T., Hua, P.Y., Lin, L.K. et al. Characterization of novel microsatellite loci in the great leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros armiger and cross-amplification in other related species. Conserv Genet 9, 1063–1065 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-007-9455-3
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