ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 14 (2), pp. 001-003, February, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Short Communication
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for Rhyacionia leptotubula (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Jia-Ying Zhu, Song Yang, Qin-Wen Li and Yong-He Li*
Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control of Yunnan Province, College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
Accepted 20 September, 2019
Abstract
Microsatellite as one of the most popular molecular markers provides a useful tool for population genetic structure analysis in insects. But few microsatellite loci have been developed for Lepidoptera. Here we isolated and characterized 9 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Rhyacionia leptotubula (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The number of alleles of these loci ranged from 2 to 11. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.0000 to 0.5294 and from 0.3905 to 0.8719, respectively. Seven loci show significant Hardy-Weinberg deviations. These loci could provide insight into population genetic structure and dispersal patterns of R. leptotubula.
Key words: Rhyacionia leptotubula, microsatellite, population genetics, Lepidoptera.