Assessment of 17 new whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) microsatellite loci in 42 seabirds identifies 5-15 polymorphic markers for each of nine Alcinae species

• We isolated 17 microsatellite loci in the whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) and tested themfor amplification in 48 species from 13 seabird families (including 42 seabirds). Fifteen ofthese loci were also tested for polymorphism in 38 of the species, which included nine speciesof Alcinae (four auklets, Atlantic puffin, dovekie, razorbill and two murre species). On theaverage, nine loci were polymorphic per Alcinae species.

Keyword

Alcinae

auklet

Aves

cross-species utility

Laridae

microsatellite

seabird

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