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Table 1 Characterization of nine microsatellite loci isolated from Atta laevigata

From: Microsatellite loci characterized in the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata

Locus

Primer sequence (5'-3', forward / reverse)

Annealing (°C)

Repeat motif

N

n a

Size (bp)

H o

H e

HW p- value

Alae2

AGTTTCTGCAATATTCGC / TCTGTGAGAGAGCAAGTGAG

49.0

(TC) 1(TCC) 2(TC) 9tt(TC) 4

25

8

82-98

0.96

0.81

0.4407

Alae5

GCAAAGACATCGTAAAGTG / TGCAACCGTCTTGTATG

52.0

(TAA) 5

27

2

128-137

0.07

0.07

1.0000

Alae9

TCTTGTAAGTAACTGTCGAGC / CGTCATATCCGAATGTCAG

45.0

(CT)t(CT)23

24

11

124-168

0.96

0.88

0.8732

Alae10

CGCTACATCCCATCTCAC / GACAGCAATATTTCGATAGC

44.0

(GA) 19ca(GA)

27

9

110-130

0.78

0.84

0.0745

Alae11

CACGATAGTTTTCGATATCC / TGGGTGTATCAAAGAAAGAC

45.0

(GA) 15

26

10

100-128

0.58

0.65

0.3458

Alae16

ACTATGTCCATGTTATGCG / GACTACAAGTAAGAATAGTGAGC

56.0

(TC)3tg(TC)3tg(TC)13tg(TC)3tt(TC)7

25

7

188 -212

0.72

0.87

0.0145

Alae18

ACATGTCCACTCCGTCAG / CGATAGCGTGATATTTGC

56.0

(TG)11

22

16

144-188

0.32

0.94

0.0000*

Alae19

GACGTGGAGCTGCAATAC / AAGTGAGTACAAAACATACAGG

50.0

(CAAA)5

22

2

89-93

0.32

0.33

1.0000

Alae24

GCAATAAATTCAGATGGC / CTGCAAAATCACAGTTGC

52.8

(CT)20

25

10

169-191

0.72

0.87

0.1904

  1. Number of individuals (N), number of alleles (n a ), observed (H o ) and expected (H e ) heterozygosities, p-values of Hardy-Weinberg test (HW p-value) based on a sample of 36 individuals (* p-value < 0.00635, following Bonferroni correction). Given the low amount of DNA from some samples, not all 36 individuals were tested for all primers, although all tested individuals amplified for all loci tested.