Skip to main content

Table 2 Primer sequences, motifs, and characteristics of the 14 microsatellite loci developed and optimized from the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

From: Development of microsatellite loci for two New World vultures (Cathartidae)

Locus

Panel

Dye label

Primer sequence (5′–3′); F, forward; R, reverse

Repeat motif

n

Allele size range (bp)

N A

H O

H E

TUVU-21b

A

6-FAM

F: TTGTTTGGCTCCATGTTTGG

CT(10) AC(8) AC(10)

30

202–210

3

0.20

0.39

R: ACACCCATTCAAATGCAAGC

TUVU-06

A

6-FAM

F: GAGTCAGCAATGGTGGTTGC

GAA(25) GAA(8)

30

326–533

17

0.77

0.83

R: ACTGTAGCAGTGACGGCAGC

TUVU-31

A

VIC

F: AAGTAAATAGCTGTCTAACTGTTCATCC

TG(15) AT(8)

30

122–152

8

0.73

0.81

R: CTTTCATGCCTTGATTTCCC

TUVU-23

A

NED

F: GAAACGGTATTTGCCTTGCC

TTCC(12)

30

155–161

6

0.60

0.60

R: AAAACTCCAAGGGGAGGAGG

TUVU-39b

A

PET

F: GGTTCAGGTGAGAGAAACCCC

AAAG(23)

30

188–311

20

0.77

0.90

R: GAAAACCCCTCTGGGAAACC

TUVU-14a,b

B

6-FAM

F: CCTAGTCCGGAAACACAGGG

ATT(14) ATT(6)

30

347–371

7

0.50

0.75

R: TTAAACTGAAATGTGTGAAGAAGCG

TUVU-07

B

6-FAM

F: TGGGATGTGAAGGAGAACAGC

GGAA(28)

30

160–226

15

0.87

0.92

R: TGACTCCTGTACAAAATTAGATCCTTCC

TUVU-45

B

VIC

F: AATAATCCATGAGCACCAGGC

GTTT(14)

30

131–158

7

0.50

0.45

R: CCCATAAACTCAAGCATTGGC

TUVU-03

B

PET

F: AGGTTCATTAGCAGAGGCGG

AAAG(9) AAAG(18)

30

261–375

30

1.00

0.96

R: GTGGCAGAAAGAAGCTGAAGG

TUVU-01

C

6-FAM

F: TCATACACTGGTCGTTCGCC

TC(6) CTTT(24) CTTT(12)

30

290–640

47

1.00

0.99

R: ATTGAAATGCCCTACAGACGG

TUVU-18

C

VIC

F: GGTTCTGCTGATTTCAACTTTGC

TAA(11) TGA(9)

30

240–249

4

0.50

0.47

R: TTCACCACAGGAAACCAAAGC

TUVU-37

C

NED

F: GCTGGTTTTGAACAGTGAGGG

AAAG(27) AAAG(8)

30

263–415

34

0.93

0.97

R: TTACAGGTGGGGAATCTCAGG

TUVU-33

C

PET

F: GCAAATCAGCCTCTGGTGG

TA(13) TA(6)

30

330–339

9

0.77

0.83

R: TTAACTTGGAGGCCAGGAGG

TUVU-36a,b

C

PET

F: CACACGCACACAATGCACC

GC(8)

30

169–173

3

0.07

0.45

R: CACTGCGCGAGTGTGAGG

  1. n is the sample size, NA is the number of alleles, HO is the observed heterozygosity, and HE is the expected heterozygosity
  2. aShowed significant deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium after Bonferroni corrections [20]
  3. bShowed evidence of null alleles