Abstract
Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for one subspecies of the Xantus’s murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi), a threatened seabird. Using blood samples obtained from 40 birds captured at Santa Barbara Island, California, in April–May 1996, 3–14 alleles per locus were detected, and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.25 to 0.90. Genotype frequencies showed no departures from Hardy–Weinberg expectations. Linkage is suspected in one pair of loci.
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Xantus’s murrelet blood samples from Santa Barbara Island were obtained during 1995–97 studies funded by the US Navy, US Geological Survey, Humboldt State University, Oiled Wildlife Care Network, University of California (Davis), California Department of Fish and Game, and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, with key project assistance by JY Takekawa, TW Keeney, PR Kelly, RT Golightly, JK Mazet, EB Burkett, and E Cassano. Funding for genetic analyses was provided by ChevronTexaco de México through contracts with Dames & Moore de México and the California Institute of Environmental Studies, with key assistance by G Minnery, E Sanginés, F Gress, and E. Palacios. Additional support provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, is gratefully acknowledged.
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Birt, T.P., Sun, Z., Carter, H.R. et al. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the threatened Xantus’s Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi). Conservation Genet Resour 2, 59–61 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-009-9145-1
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