Microsatellite markers isolated from Drosophila hydei

Maureen B. Peters¹, Cris Hagen¹, Brian Snyder², Travis C. Glenn^1,4, and
Patricia Adair Gowaty^3,5

¹Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
²Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
³Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
⁴Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
⁵Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002-0948, USA

Abstract: We isolated and characterized 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Drosophila hydei. The
number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 8 (N = 23 individuals). Polymorphic information
content ranged from 0.316 to 0.750 and observed heterozygosity from 0.261 to 0.913. These
markers will be valuable in studies of sexual selection and parental investment in D. hydei.