Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research

Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 13 (2), pp. 001-003, February, 2019. © International Scholars Journals

Short Communication

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the Chinese white wax scale Ericerus pela Chavannes (Homopetera: Coccidae)

Pu Yang¹, Jiaying Zhu², Xiaoming Chen¹* and Meng Li¹

¹Research Institute of Resources Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, The Key laboratory of Cultivating and Utilization of Resources Insects of State Forestry Administration, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China.

²Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control of Yunnan Province, Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China.

Accepted 08 January, 2019

Abstract

Eight microsatellite loci were isolated using an enrichment protocol from Ericerus pela Chavannes, representing the first microsatellite loci available for the white wax scale. All loci were polymorphic within E. pela. Allele numbers range from six to eleven with the observed heterozygosity (H_O) ranging from 0.0000 to 1.0000. These primers screened in this study provide a foundation for population genetic studies of the white wax scale.

Key words: Microsatellite marker, white wax scale, population genetic.