Table 1 Microsatellite loci. Summary of the 25 microsatellite loci used in this study and polymorphism characteristics for 1233 Galápagos sea lions (GSL) and 16 Californian sea lions (CSL).
Locus | Isolated for species | GenBank accession number | Original reference | total number of alleles | private alleles: GSL/CSL | fragment length range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZcwA07 | Zalophus wollebaeki | AM040044 | [54] | 11 | 2/4 | 280–302 |
ZcwB09 | AM039815 | 7 | 2/2 | 192–204 | ||
ZcwC03 | AM039819 | 12 | 8/1 | 256–280 | ||
ZcwC11 | AM039818 | 14 | 8/0 | 216–248 | ||
ZcwD01 | AM039817 | 13 | 3/7 | 234–258 | ||
ZcwD02 | AM039816 | 15 | 8/2 | 196–238 | ||
ZcwE03 | AM039821 | 6 | 1/0 | 224–234 | ||
ZcwH09 | AM039820 | 5 | 2/1 | 153–165 | ||
ZcwA05 | DQ836319 | [56] | 17 | 14/2 | 96–140 | |
ZcwE04 | DQ836324 | 8 | 3/0 | 125–139 | ||
ZcwA12 | DQ836320 | 21 | 8/2 | 195–255 | ||
ZcwB07 | DQ836322 | 6 | 0/1 | 182–192 | ||
ZcwE12 | DQ836325 | 18 | 10/4 | 160–204 | ||
ZcwF07 | DQ836326 | 10 | 4/2 | 138–162 | ||
ZcwE05 | AM422187 | first published in this article | 6 | 1/1 | 198–208 | |
ZcwG06* | AM422188 | 11 | 7/0 | 196–226 | ||
Zc CgDh4.7* | Zalophus californianus | AY676478 | [57] | 4 | 1/1 | 262–268 |
Zc CgDh5.8 | AY676474 | 13 | 4/4 | 328–358 | ||
Zc CgDh7tg | AY676479 | 6 | 3/0 | 270–280 | ||
Hg4.2 | Halichoerus grypus | G02090 | [58] | 7 | 3/3 | 150–168 |
Hg6.1 | G02091 | 11 | 5/0 | 156–178 | ||
Hg6.3* | G02092 | 8 | 2/1 | 232–252 | ||
Hg8.10 | G02093 | 8 | 3/0 | 172–188 | ||
SGPv9 | Phoca vitulina | G02096 | 9 | 4/1 | 168–190 | |
SGPv11 | U65444 | [59] | 4 | 0/2 | 175–181 |