Seventeen novel microsatellite markers from an enriched library of the pest species <i>Bactrocera dorsalis sensu stricto</i>

Abstract

Abstract Seventeen novel microsatellite markers were isolated and characterized from an enriched DNA library of the pest species Bactrocera dorsalis sensu stricto . The polymorphism of these loci was tested in individual fruit flies from a Thai mass‐rearing strain and three wild Asian populations: two from Thailand and one from Myanmar. Allele numbers per locus ranged from two to 15. In the natural populations, a high level of polymorphism was detected in all loci suggesting the usefulness of these markers to quantify the genetic variation in this highly invasive insect.