Microsatellite loci isolated from the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), one of the largest Neotropical mammal

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2009-12-01

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Sanches, Alexandra [UNESP]
de Figueiredo, Marina Gomes
Hatanaka, Terumi
Pereira de Paula, Fernando Fonseca
Silveira, Leandro
Jacomo, Anah Tereza A.
Galetti, Pedro Manoel

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Springer

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We describe ten microsatellite loci from the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), one of the last members of the Neotropical megafauna and considered a vulnerable species. A total of 74 alleles were detected, ranging from four to thirteen alleles per locus. The expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.34 to 0.88, with a mean of 0.635. All but one locus conformed to the Hardy-Weinberg expectations. These microsatellite loci can be used in population genetic studies of the genus Tapirus, in which all species are threatened globally.

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Atlantic forest, Cerrado, Tapiridae, Population genetics, Microsatellites

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Conservation Genetics Resources. Dordrecht: Springer, v. 1, n. 1, p. 115-117, 2009.