Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

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Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). / Habel, Jan Christian; Finger, Aline; Meyer, Marc et al.
In: European Journal of Entomology, Vol. 105, No. 2, 15.05.2008, p. 361-362.

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title = "Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)",
abstract = "Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle. Five of them provided interpretable results. We detected four to 34 alleles per locus in a total of 235 samples (males and females) collected from meadows in the Ardennes-Eifel (Germany, Luxemburg and Belgium) and the Westerwald (Germany). We collected one leg for DNA-extraction as a non-lethal method. The expected heterozygosities ranged from 48.6% to 83.1%, depending on the locus analysed. These markers are currently being used in our studies of the species´ phylogeography over its western Palearctic distribution area and for the analysis of the conservation status of the fragmented populations in Central Europe.",
keywords = "Biology, Lepidoptera, Lycaena helle, Lycaenidae, Microsatellite marker",
author = "Habel, {Jan Christian} and Aline Finger and Marc Meyer and Thomas Schmitt and Thorsten A{\ss}mann",
year = "2008",
month = may,
day = "15",
doi = "10.14411/eje.2008.043",
language = "English",
volume = "105",
pages = "361--362",
journal = "European Journal of Entomology",
issn = "1210-5759",
publisher = "Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic",
number = "2",

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T1 - Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

AU - Habel, Jan Christian

AU - Finger, Aline

AU - Meyer, Marc

AU - Schmitt, Thomas

AU - Aßmann, Thorsten

PY - 2008/5/15

Y1 - 2008/5/15

N2 - Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle. Five of them provided interpretable results. We detected four to 34 alleles per locus in a total of 235 samples (males and females) collected from meadows in the Ardennes-Eifel (Germany, Luxemburg and Belgium) and the Westerwald (Germany). We collected one leg for DNA-extraction as a non-lethal method. The expected heterozygosities ranged from 48.6% to 83.1%, depending on the locus analysed. These markers are currently being used in our studies of the species´ phylogeography over its western Palearctic distribution area and for the analysis of the conservation status of the fragmented populations in Central Europe.

AB - Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle. Five of them provided interpretable results. We detected four to 34 alleles per locus in a total of 235 samples (males and females) collected from meadows in the Ardennes-Eifel (Germany, Luxemburg and Belgium) and the Westerwald (Germany). We collected one leg for DNA-extraction as a non-lethal method. The expected heterozygosities ranged from 48.6% to 83.1%, depending on the locus analysed. These markers are currently being used in our studies of the species´ phylogeography over its western Palearctic distribution area and for the analysis of the conservation status of the fragmented populations in Central Europe.

KW - Biology

KW - Lepidoptera

KW - Lycaena helle

KW - Lycaenidae

KW - Microsatellite marker

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DO - 10.14411/eje.2008.043

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 105

SP - 361

EP - 362

JO - European Journal of Entomology

JF - European Journal of Entomology

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