Peltier Didier, Lodé Thierry
Laboratoire de génétique, Université d'Angers, U.F.R. Sciences, 49045 Angers, France.
C R Biol. 2003 Aug;326 Suppl 1:S49-53. doi: 10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00037-4.
The European mink Mustela lutreola is regarded as one of the most endangered mammals in the world. We chose to characterize microsatellite loci in order to investigate the pattern of decline of this species. We used primer pairs developed for a related species Mustela vison to genotype individual of Mustela lutreola. Out of 19 primer pairs used 8 were useful for our purpose. The conservation of primer sequence point out the problem of neutrality of some microsatellite loci as this conservation could be related to strong selection pressure on those loci. Finally we present the first data allowing an estimation of heterozygosity of French population of European mink.
欧洲水貂（Mustela lutreola）被视为世界上最濒危的哺乳动物之一。我们选择对微卫星基因座进行特征分析，以研究该物种的衰退模式。我们使用为相关物种北美水貂（Mustela vison）开发的引物对来对欧洲水貂个体进行基因分型。在所使用的19对引物中，有8对适用于我们的目的。引物序列的保守性指出了一些微卫星基因座的中性问题，因为这种保守性可能与这些基因座上的强大选择压力有关。最后，我们提供了首批数据，可用于估计法国欧洲水貂种群的杂合性。
