Characterization of 16 microsatellite marker loci in the Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

Ryan M. Huebinger; Donna J. Pierson; Thomas W. De Maar; David M. Brown; Rick A. Brenneman; Edward E. Louis

doi:10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00307.x

Characterization of 16 microsatellite marker loci in the Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

Ryan M. Huebinger, Donna J. Pierson, Thomas W. De Maar, David M. Brown, Rick A. Brenneman, Edward E. Louis

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Sixteen polymorphic microsatellite markers with an average allele size of k = 4.3 are identified from a genomic plasmid library constructed for giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis ssp.). Primer sequences and marker data are reported in tabular form. The markers were screened in a population of 25 Maasai giraffe (G. c. tippelskirchi) collected near the Athi River, Kenya. The average observed heterozygosity for each marker was 0.36 with an average expected heterozygosity of 0.535. Hardy-Weinberg deviations are reported from this population, which is suspected to be inbred. The markers will be used to screen the captive giraffe population for subspecific or hybrid classification.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	531-533
Number of pages	3
Journal	Molecular Ecology Notes
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00307.x
State	Published - Dec 2002

Keywords

Genetic markers
Giraffa
Giraffe
Inbreeding
Microsatellite

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Ecology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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