Microsatellite loci isolated from the Mediterranean species Cicada barbara (Stal) and C. orni L. (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2002
Authors:Seabra, S. G., Wilcock, H. R., Quartau, J. A., Bruford, M. W.
Journal:Molecular Ecology NotesMolecular Ecology Notes
Volume:2
Pagination:173-175
Date Published:JUN
Accession Number:ISI:000176371900031
Keywords:cicada barbara, Cicada orni, cicadas, Homoptera, insects, microsatellites
Abstract:

We describe the isolation of six polymorphic microsatellites for Cicada barbara (Stal), four of which are also polymorphic for the closely related Cicada orni L. Cicadas from several sites in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa (C. barbara) and Greece (C. orni) were genotyped at these loci. Polymorphism is higher than that previously obtained with allozymes for these species. One locus allows species diagnosis (nonoverlapping allele size ranges) between C. barbara and C. orni and the others have some exclusive alleles for each species.

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