Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in two morphotypes of the Southeast Asian army ant, Aenictus laeviceps

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 984-986

  Hamaguchi, K ^a   Matsumoto, T ^b   Maruyama, M ^c   Hashimoto, Y ^d   Yamane, S ^e   Itioka, T ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d HYOGO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aenictus laeviceps; Army ant; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

AENICTUS; AENICTUS LAEVICEPS;

EID: 35848929476     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01746.x     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Brady SG (2003) Evolution of the army ant syndrome: the origin and long-term evolutionary stasis of a complex of behavioral and reproductive adaptations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 11, 6575 6579.
2. Denny AJ, Franks NR, Edwards KJ (2004a) Eight highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the army ant Eciton burchellii. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4, 234 236.
3. Denny AJ, Franks NR, Powell S, Edwards KJ (2004b) Exceptionally high levels of multiple mating in an army ant. Naturwissenschaften, 91, 396 399.
4. Fischer D, Bachmann K (1998) Microsatellite enrichment in organisms with large genomes (Allium cepa L.). BioTechniques, 24, 796 802.
5. Hale ML, Bevan R, Wolff K (2001) New polymorphic microsatellite markers for the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and their applicability to the grey squirrel (S. carolinensis). Molecular Ecology Notes, 1, 47 49.
6. Kronauer DJC, Boomsma JJ, Gadau J (2004a) Microsatellite markers for the driver ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4, 289 290.
7. Kronauer DJC, Schöning C, Pedersen JS, Boomsma JJ, Gadau J (2004b) Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants. Molecular Ecology, 13, 2381 2388.
8. Raymond M, Rousset F (1995) genepop version 1.2.: population genetics software for exact tests and ecumenicism. Journal of Heredity, 86, 248 249.
9. Walsh PS, Metzger DA, Higuchi R (1991) Chelex 100 as a medium for simple extraction of DNA for PCR-based typing from forensic material. BioTechniques, 10, 506 513.