Research Article

Development of Microsatellite Markers for the Nipa Palm Hispid Beetle, Octodonta nipae (Maulik)

Table 3

Characteristics of 9 microsatellite loci isolated from Octodonta nipae.

LocusPrimer sequences (5′-3′)Repeat motifTA (°C)Range (bp)NAHeHoPICHWE
ZZFZZZFZZZFZZZFZ

On1F: AACATAGAATCGACATCATGCGT
R: GATTTACAGAACGGAGTTCATGC
(TA)847.696–9820.0830.3440.0830.2500.0770.2750.404
On2F: AGTTGCATAACTTCCGAAATGAA
R: TCTAGGAATCAGCTCTGCCATTA
(GT)952.499–10330.6810.5910.6670.2500.5790.5010.3980.002
On3F: GCTTTGCAACAACAAAGAAGAAT
R: TCAAAAGAAAGGAAAAAGTTCCC
(CA)1050.997–10530.6780.3590.7500.4170.5840.3070.0151.000
On4F: AGACGTCAAGTTTTAACACGCAT
R: TATAGACGGAGAACTGGCAACAT
(AT)653.7113–11720.1590.0000.1670.0000.1410.0011.000
On5F: TGCTTAGATTTAGCACCAAGCTG
R: TTAAATTCGAACCAAGCTGGTAG
(GT)853.1131–13730.5620.5220.5830.3330.4320.3751.0000.282
On6F: AGCTAATTGCGGCTGATTAGATA
R: GCGGTAAATATGTCAAAAGCAAG
(AT)650.2159–16120.1590.0000.1670.0000.1410.0011.000
On7F: ATGTGTACCCTGAAAGAGGGTTT
R: GAAAAATTTGAGAAGCTTCGGTT
(CT)751.3155–16330.6630.4530.4170.4170.5610.3690.0651.000
On8F: AATGAAAAATTGACTTGGCAGAA
R: CCGGCGTACATAACCTACTTTTT
(AAG)551121–12730.3440.4310.4170.5830.2750.3280.0011.000
On9F: AACTTAAACCAGAATCGGCTCTC
R: ATGATGTCGGACGATTCTCTTC
(CAA)555138–14120.6630.1630.1670.1670.5610.1501.0000.487

TA, primer annealing temperature; range, size range of alleles in base pairs; NA, number of alleles per locus; He, expected heterozygosity; Ho, observed heterozygosity; PIC, polymorphic information content; HWE, Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium.