Department of Biology and Program in Animal Behaviour, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, National Zoological Park and National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012 MRC 5503, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA.
Mol Ecol Resour. 2008 Nov;8(6):1399-401. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02351.x.
Eighteen moderately polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for great frigatebirds Fregata minor. Polymorphism for the 12 dinucleotide and six tetranucleotide markers was assessed in 23 birds from a Hawaii population. Allelic diversity ranged from two to 12 (mean 5.9), with observed heterozygosity from 0.304 to 0.956 (mean 0.637). Three loci showed homozygote excess, possibly due to null alleles. One additional pair of loci exhibited strong gametic disequilibrium. Thus, at least 14 loci will be useful for studies of relatedness and population structure.
18 个中度多态微卫星位点从小军舰鸟 Fregata minor 中分离并鉴定出来。在来自夏威夷种群的 23 只鸟中，评估了 12 个二核苷酸和 6 个四核苷酸标记的多态性。等位基因多样性范围从 2 到 12（平均值为 5.9），观测杂合度从 0.304 到 0.956（平均值为 0.637）。有 3 个位点显示纯合子过剩，可能是由于无效等位基因所致。还有一对额外的位点显示出强烈的配子不平衡。因此，至少有 14 个位点将可用于研究亲缘关系和种群结构。
