Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci from Jamaican streamertail hummingbirds (Trochilus)

Stacey L. Lance^1,2, Cris Hagen², Travis C. Glenn¹, Robb T. Brumfield^3,4,
Katherine Faust Stryjewski^3,4, and Gary R. Graves⁵

¹Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
²Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
³Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
⁴Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
⁵Department of Vertebrate Zoology MRC-116, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

Abstract: We isolated and characterized 15 microsatellite loci from the endemic Jamaican streamertail hummingbird Trochilus polytmus. Loci were screened in 12 individuals of both T. polytmus and its sister species T. scitulus, also a Jamaican endemic. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 10, observed heterozygosity ranged from 0 to 1, and the probability of identity values ranged from 0.038 to 0.663. These new loci provide tools for characterizing the narrow hybrid zone between the two species.