Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species

Wild populations of Caiman latirostris are subject to sustainable use programs in Argentina, becoming a species with important impact in the regional economy, based in their skin and meat. Genetic studies are fundamental to acquire information on important parameters for conservation and management,...

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Autores principales: Saidman, Beatriz Ofelia, Amavet, Patricia Susana
Publicado: 2015
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spelling paper:paper_01735373_v36_n2_p175_Larriera2023-06-08T15:18:49Z Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species Saidman, Beatriz Ofelia Amavet, Patricia Susana conservation genetics crocodilians SSRs sustainable use conservation genetics crocodilian genetic marker meat population genetics regional economy skin sustainability wild population Argentina Caiman latirostris Caiman yacare Crocodylidae (all crocodiles) Wild populations of Caiman latirostris are subject to sustainable use programs in Argentina, becoming a species with important impact in the regional economy, based in their skin and meat. Genetic studies are fundamental to acquire information on important parameters for conservation and management, which may be obtained from analysis of molecular markers. Some microsatellites have been previously isolated in this species, but due to some difficulties in using them, we obtained new ones using Next Generation Sequencing approach. This study reports eight new microsatellites for C. latirostris and tests their utility in a related species, Caiman yacare, with successful application in population genetics and mating systems studies. In addition, we shared data about a novel and fast bioinformatics tool to find microsatellites and to design their corresponding primers. Fil:Saidman, B.O. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Amavet, P.S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01735373_v36_n2_p175_Larriera http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01735373_v36_n2_p175_Larriera
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topic conservation genetics
crocodilians
SSRs
sustainable use
conservation genetics
crocodilian
genetic marker
meat
population genetics
regional economy
skin
sustainability
wild population
Argentina
Caiman latirostris
Caiman yacare
Crocodylidae (all crocodiles)
spellingShingle conservation genetics
crocodilians
SSRs
sustainable use
conservation genetics
crocodilian
genetic marker
meat
population genetics
regional economy
skin
sustainability
wild population
Argentina
Caiman latirostris
Caiman yacare
Crocodylidae (all crocodiles)
Saidman, Beatriz Ofelia
Amavet, Patricia Susana
Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species
topic_facet conservation genetics
crocodilians
SSRs
sustainable use
conservation genetics
crocodilian
genetic marker
meat
population genetics
regional economy
skin
sustainability
wild population
Argentina
Caiman latirostris
Caiman yacare
Crocodylidae (all crocodiles)
description Wild populations of Caiman latirostris are subject to sustainable use programs in Argentina, becoming a species with important impact in the regional economy, based in their skin and meat. Genetic studies are fundamental to acquire information on important parameters for conservation and management, which may be obtained from analysis of molecular markers. Some microsatellites have been previously isolated in this species, but due to some difficulties in using them, we obtained new ones using Next Generation Sequencing approach. This study reports eight new microsatellites for C. latirostris and tests their utility in a related species, Caiman yacare, with successful application in population genetics and mating systems studies. In addition, we shared data about a novel and fast bioinformatics tool to find microsatellites and to design their corresponding primers.
author Saidman, Beatriz Ofelia
Amavet, Patricia Susana
author_facet Saidman, Beatriz Ofelia
Amavet, Patricia Susana
author_sort Saidman, Beatriz Ofelia
title Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species
title_short Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species
title_full Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species
title_fullStr Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species
title_full_unstemmed Isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of Caiman latirostris and related species
title_sort isolation and characterization of new microsatellite markers for application in population genetic studies of caiman latirostris and related species
publishDate 2015
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01735373_v36_n2_p175_Larriera
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01735373_v36_n2_p175_Larriera
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