@article{f5e19c314fd94971a7ebcc4750740d50,
title = "Development and characterization of twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite markers for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii, utilizing Illumina sequencing",
abstract = "We isolated and characterized a total of 22 microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii. The loci were screened for 24 individuals from southern Brazil and Uruguay. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 20, the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.417 to 0.917, and the probability of identity values ranged from 0.011 to 0.38. These genetic markers will be useful for understanding the population and conservation biology of the leafcutter ant A. lundii and closely related species, and will provide novel insights into the evolutionary biology of social parasitism and leafcutter ant mating systems.",
keywords = "Acromyrmex, Attini, Fungus-growing ants, Illumina, Leafcutter ants, Microsatellites, PAL_FINDER, PCR primers, Polyandry, Polygyny, SSR, Social parasitism",
author = "Christian Rabeling and Martin Bollazzi and Maur{\'i}cio Bacci and Beasley, {Rochelle R.} and Lance, {Stacey L.} and Jones, {Kenneth L.} and Pierce, {Naomi E.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments We thank the Conselho Nacional de Desen-volvimento Cient{\'i}fico e Tecnol{\'o}gico (CNPq), the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renov{\'a}veis (IBAMA), and the Direcci{\'o}n General de Recursos Naturales Renovables for permission to conduct fieldwork in Brazil and Uruguay. CR gratefully acknowledges financial support provided by the Harvard Society of Fellows and the William F. Milton Fund. MB{\textquoteright}s and CR{\textquoteright}s field research was support by FAPESP Grant 2011/50226-0 and by PROPE-UNESP. NEP was supported by NSF SES-0750480. Manuscript preparation was partially supported by the DOE under Award Number DE-FC09-07SR22506 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation.",
year = "2014",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s12686-013-0078-3",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
pages = "319--322",
journal = "Conservation Genetics Resources",
issn = "1877-7252",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "2",
}