Isolamento e caracterização de marcadores microssatelites para a mosca-dos-chifres, Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758) / Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatelite loci for the horn fly, Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The aim of this work was the construction of a genomic microsatelliteenriched library for the species Haematobia irritans irritans (Diptera: Muscidae), commonly known as orn fly an ectoparasite of great economic importance world-wide, and particularly in Brazil. Here we describe ten polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from this species. From a complete set of 109 sequences analised, 67% contained microsatellites regions (considering sequences with more than 7 repeats). The analysis of these sequences resulted in the identification of 16 potentially informative microsatellites loci (an efficience of 22%). Regarding the composition of the microsatellites sequenced retrived in this process, 85% have (CA)n motifs and only 12% have (GA)n motifs, despite enrichment on both. From the ten polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from H. irritans, 8 have dinucleotide motifs (5 (CA)n and 3 (GA)n), one was a trinucleotide motif (CAA)7 and one was a tetranucleotide motif (CCGT)6. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to eight, with an average of four alleles per locus. This number of alleles was considered low if compared with other dipterans studies. The expected and observed heterozigosities ranged from 0,1421 to 0,7702 and 0,1500 to 0,6750, respectively. Heterozigosity values were considered low. In this analysis, at least three loci presented heterozigosity values under 0,5. After sequential Bonferroni correction, significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was found for 2 loci. No linkage disequilibrium was observed between pairs of loci after correction for multiple tests. The characterization of these polymorphic microsatellites markers is potentially informative to investigate evolutionary questions regarding H. irritans populations by providing fundamental insights into population dynamics and genetic structure. Further projects on horn flies control and management could also benefit from this molecular marker analysis.

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genetic markers microssatelites (genetica) horn fly mosca-do-chifre marcadores geneticos genetica de populações microsatelites (genetics) population genetics

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