Abstract
Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for the Wood Tiger Moth (Parasemia plantaginis), a nocturnal moth of the Arctiidae family distributed throughout the globe at mid to northerly latitudes. Characterization of 25 P. plantaginis individuals form central Austria showed moderate to high allelic diversity ranging from 2 to 14 alleles per locus. One locus showed significant departures from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium presumably due to null alleles. No evidence of linkage disequilibrium was found for any locus pair. Polymorphism is also reported in four related Arctiidae species. This set of markers can be useful for the evaluation of genetic composition, conservation, population genetics and might prove useful in other phylogenetically close species of the Arctiidae family.
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Funding was provided by the Academy of Finland and Centre of Excellence in Evolutionary Research. The authors thank Kari Kulmala for providing other Arctiidae species, Otmar Wannigner and Ossi Nokelainen for P. plantaginis samples.
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Galarza, J.A., Viinikainen, S.M., Ashrafi, R. et al. First microsatellite panel for the Wood Tiger Moth (Parasemia plantaginis). Conservation Genet Resour 3, 197–199 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9321-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9321-3