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Short Communication
Transferability of short tandem repeat markers for two wild Canid species inhabiting the Brazilian Cerrado
F.M. Rodrigues1, M.P.C. Telles2, L.V. Resende2, T.N. Soares2,
J.A.F. Diniz-Filho3,4, A.T.A. Jácomo4 and L. Silveira4
1Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brasil
2Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento, Departamento de Zootecnia,
Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil
3Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Goiás,
Goiânia, GO, Brasil
4Fundo para a Conservação da Onça-Pintada, Universidade Federal de Goiás,
Goiânia, GO, Brasil
Corresponding author: F.M. Rodrigues
E-mail: flavia.melo@ueg.br/rflamelo@gmail.com
Genet. Mol. Res. 5 (4): 846-850 (2006)
Received July 14, 2006
Accepted October 27, 2006
Published December 13, 2006

ABSTRACT. The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) are two wild-canid species found in the Brazilian Cerrado. We tested cross-amplification and transferability of 29 short tandem repeat primers originally developed for cattle and domestic dogs and cats on 38 individuals of each of these two species, collected in the Emas National Park, which is the largest national park in the Cerrado region. Six of these primers were successfully transferred (CSSM-038, PEZ-05, PEZ-12, LOCO-13, LOCO-15, and PEZ-20); five of which were found to be polymorphic. Genetic parameter values (number of alleles per locus, observed and expected heterozygosities, and fixation indices) were within the expected range reported for canid populations worldwide.

Key words: STR markers, Cross-amplification, Cerdocyon thous, Chrysocyon brachyurus, Cerrado

 

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