TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite loci for two species of Spinturnicid bat wing mites (Spinturnix myoti and Spinturnix bechsteini)
VL  - 51
IS  - 1
SP  - 127
EP  - 131
PY  - 2011
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - van Schaik, A.J.
AU  - Bruyndonckx, N.
AU  - Kerth, G.
AU  - Christe, P.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20111997
DO  - 10.1051/acarologia/20111997
DA  - 2011-03-30
ET  - 2011-03-30
KW  - microsatellites
KW  - Spinturnix
KW  - Myotis
KW  - wing mite
KW  - ectoparasite
KW  - bat
KW  - coadaptation
KW  - population genetics
AB  - To investigate the potential for host-parasite coadaptation between bats and their wing mites, we developed microsatellite loci for two species of Spinturnix mites. For Spinturnix myoti, parasite of Myotis myotis, we were able to develop nine polymorphic loci and screened them in 100 mites from five bat colonies. For S. bechsteini, parasite of M. bechsteinii, we developed five polymorphic loci, which were also screened in 100 mites from five bat colonies. In both species, all markers were highly polymorphic (22-46 and 6-23 alleles per locus respectively). The majority of markers for both species exhibited departure from Hardy-Weinberg proportions (8 of 9 and 3 of 5, respectively). One marker pair in S. myoti showed evidence for linkage disequilibrium. As the observed departures from Hardy-Weinberg proportions are most likely a consequence of the biology of the mites, the described microsatellite loci should be useful in studying population genetics and host-parasite dynamics of Spinturnix myoti and Spinturnix bechsteini in relation to their bat hosts.
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