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Table 2 Summary of the microsatellite loci and PCR primers developed for the flea Xenopsylla cheopis

From: Genetic structure and gene flow of the flea Xenopsylla cheopis in Madagascar and Mayotte

Multiplex pool

Primer (locus) names

Primer sequences (5′–3′)

Repeat motifs

Size range (bp)

Allele number

Pool 1

XC024

F: 6-FAM-ATGCAGCTCGTTCGTCTCC

CA(5)...CA(13)...CA(5)

ind

R: GTCCAATTCATCCGCATCG

XC009

F: NED-CATTGCGGGAGCATCAG

(CA)5...(CA)8

283–303

6

R: TGCAGGCACAAAATTCGAC

XC018

F: PET-TCGATTCAGCCGTTTTCG

(CA)10

ind

R: TTGGAGAAGGAGATGTGTATGC

XC037

F: VIC-GGGCCACCGAGTTGACG

[(GTT)2...]13

290–348

4

R: TGGTGTTCCGTTACCGTTCC

Pool 2

XC007

F: 6-FAM-CTGGTTGGATTGTCTCC

(CA)5...(CA)22

ind

R: ACTATGCCGGATTAAGG

XC021

F: PET-AGTGGACCGAGAACAGAGC

(GT)9

242–258

5

R: TCATGTAAAGAGACCTGAGACC

SF009

F: NED-CGTGTAGTTGCGAGAGAAGC

(GT)4...(GT)5

168–187

5

R: GGAGAAGTGCGTTTACAGAGC

XC013

F: VIC-CAAAATTGGAGAAGGAGACG

[GT(2)..GTAT]5

164–235

5

R: AAATCGTTGACGGAAGAAGC

 

Pool 3

XC023

F: PET-CTAGTAAACGCAAACGCTACC

[GT(3)...]7

300–380

5

R: CCCCCAAACAAATCAGC

XC044

F: 6-FAM-AAAAGTAAAGTCGAACAAGTGG

(GTAT)6...(GT)5...(GTAT)8

396–428

5

R: GCTTATAGGTTACAAACATCTGG

XC016

F: NED-ATCGACCCCAAAATCAGC

GT(10)...GTAT(12)...GT(7)

370–400

11

R: ACCCCTGGTTGGATTGC

XC002

F: VIC-GCAGGCACAAAATTCGACA

GT(9)...GT(5)

266–302

5

R: GCGGGGGCATCAGTTAAT

  1. Abbreviation: ind, pairs of primers tested did not provide specific pics in the targeted locus