Variable nuclear markers for a Sonoran Desert bark beetle, Araptus attenuatus Wood (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), with applications to related genera

CONSERVATION GENETICS. 2009.

baja california
codominant loci
coleoptera
introns
population structure
Authors
Affiliation
Ryan C. Garrick
Crystal A. Meadows
John D. Nason
Anthony I. Cognato
Rodney J. Dyer

Center for Environmental Studies

Published

August 1, 2009

Doi

10.1007/s10592-008-9738-3

DOI 10.1007/s10592-008-9738-3

Abstract

We report eight new co-dominant nuclear markers for population genetics of the bark beetle Araptus attenuatus Wood. Several loci include introns from low-copy genes, and four cross-amplify in one or more related genera. The markers show moderate levels of polymorphism (2-19 alleles per locus), and no loci showed significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg or linkage equilibrium across both of the two populations examined, consistent with Mendelian inheritance patterns.