Faculty Publications
Development And Characterization Of 12 Novel Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci For The Mammal Chewing Louse Geomydoecus Aurei (Insecta: Phthiraptera) And A Comparison Of Next-Generation Sequencing Approaches For Use In Parasitology
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Parasitology
Volume
104
Issue
1
First Page
89
Last Page
95
Abstract
Next-generation sequencing methodologies open the door for evolutionary studies of wildlife parasites. We used 2 next-generation sequencing approaches to discover microsatellite loci in the pocket gopher chewing louse Geomydoecus aurei for use in population genetic studies. In one approach, we sequenced a library enriched for microsatellite loci; in the other approach, we mined microsatellites from genomic sequences. Following microsatellite discovery, promising loci were tested for amplification and polymorphism in 390 louse individuals from 13 pocket gopher hosts. In total, 12 loci were selected for analysis (6 from each methodology), none of which exhibited evidence of null alleles or heterozygote deficiencies. These 12 loci showed adequate genetic diversity for population-level analyses, with 3-9 alleles per locus with an average HE per locus ranging from 0.32 to 0.70. Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA) indicated that genetic variation among infrapopulations accounts for a low, but significant, percentage of the overall genetic variation, and individual louse infrapopulations showed FST values that were significantly different from zero in the majority of pairwise infrapopulation comparisons, despite all 13 infrapopulations being taken from the same locality. Therefore, these 12 polymorphic markers will be useful at the infrapopulation and population levels for future studies involving G. aurei. This study shows that next-generation sequencing methodologies can successfully be used to efficiently obtain data for a variety of evolutionary questions.
Original Publication Date
2-1-2018
DOI of published version
10.1645/17-130
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Light, J. E.; Harper, S. E.; Johnson, K. P.; Demastes, J. W.; and Spradling, T. A., "Development And Characterization Of 12 Novel Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci For The Mammal Chewing Louse Geomydoecus Aurei (Insecta: Phthiraptera) And A Comparison Of Next-Generation Sequencing Approaches For Use In Parasitology" (2018). Faculty Publications. 744.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/744
