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Article: Findings from University of Sheffield broaden understanding of molecular ecology.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- November 20, 2009
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"We have identified 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the barn owl (Tyto alba), five from testing published owl loci and 10 from testing non-owl loci, including loci known to be of high utility in passerines and shorebirds. All 15 loci were sequenced in barn owl, and new primer sets were designed for eight loci," scientists writing in the journal Molecular Ecology Resources report.
"The 15 polymorphic loci displayed two to 26 alleles in 56-58 barn owls. When tested in 10 other owl species (n = 1-6 individuals), between four and nine loci were polymorphic per species," wrote A. Klein and colleagues, University of Sheffield.
The researchers concluded: ...