Sixty polymorphic microsatellite markers for the oldfield mouse developed in Peromyscus polionotus and Peromyscus maniculatus
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We isolated and characterized 60 novel microsatellite markers from the closely related oldfield mouse ( Peromyscus polionotus ) and deer mouse ( Peromyscus maniculatus ) for studies of conservation, ecological, quantitative and population genetics. We assessed all 60 markers in a wild population of Peromyscus polionotus rhoadsi ( N = 20) from central Florida and found an average of nine alleles per marker and an observed heterozygosity ( H O ) of 0.66 (range = 0.00–1.00). These polymorphic markers contribute to the growing number of genomic resources for Peromyscus , an emerging model system for ecological and evolutionary research.
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