Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the flat‐headed bat (<i>Tylonycteris pachypus</i>)

Abstract

Abstract Microsatellite loci were developed in the flat‐headed bat ( Tylonycteris pachypus ) from genomic DNA using an enriched library method. Nine loci were tested on 48 individuals sampled from Guangxi Province, China. The mean number of observed alleles per locus was 6.4 (range 4–12). Observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.24 to 0.83 and from 0.30 to 0.89, respectively. One locus revealed significant departure from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and no significant linkage disequilibrium was detected between loci pairs. These markers will be used to examine genetic structure and parentage analysis in this species.