Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Rattus rattus

A Loiseau; S Rahelinirina; L Rahalison; A Konečný; J M Duplantier; C Brouat

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02115.x

Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Rattus rattus

Mol Ecol Resour. 2008 Jul;8(4):916-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02115.x.

Authors

A Loiseau¹, S Rahelinirina, L Rahalison, A Konečný, J M Duplantier, C Brouat

Affiliation

¹ Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (UMR 22), INRA-IRD, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier sur Lez, France, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Route de l'Institut Pasteur - Ambatofotsikely, BP 1274, Antananarivo, 101 Analamanga, Madagascar, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, 67502 Studenec 122, Czech Republic.

PMID: 21585929
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02115.x

Abstract

We isolated and characterized 10 microsatellite loci in the black rat Rattus rattus (Muridae, Rodentia), a widespread invasive species largely known to cause serious problems in agriculture and human health. Polymorphism was studied in two populations, one from Madagascar and one from Senegal. It ranged from three to 12 alleles in Madagascar, and from two to five alleles in Senegal. Together with the loci previously adapted from Rattus norvegicus, this set of markers should allow the conduct of thorough studies on the genetic structure of natural populations of R. rattus.