Journal article
Parentage assignment using microsatellite DNA typing for the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
Australian Mammalogy, Vol.42(2), pp.240-243
2019
Abstract
The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is an endangered and peculiar marsupial with a diet that consists almost exclusively of termites. This study developed a parentage-testing system for numbats using microsatellite markers. Nineteen loci detected 143 alleles, with 4-13 alleles/locus and average expected heterozygosity of 77% (range 0.665-0.855). The total parentage exclusion probability was >0.9999 (given only the genotype of the offspring), >0.9999 for excluding a candidate parent from the parentage of an arbitrary offspring (given the genotype of the offspring and parent) and the probability of identity for full-sibs was 4.6 × 10-9. Overall, these microsatellites offer a simple and highly informative marker-set for parentage identification in numbats.
Details
- Title
- Parentage assignment using microsatellite DNA typing for the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
- Authors/Creators
- P.B.S. Spencer (Author/Creator)S. McConnell (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityD. Prada (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ.A. Friend (Author/Creator) - Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
- Publication Details
- Australian Mammalogy, Vol.42(2), pp.240-243
- Publisher
- CSIRO
- Identifiers
- 991005542856507891
- Copyright
- © 2019 Australian Mammal Society
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
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- ESI research areas
- Plant & Animal Science