Genomic microsatellite characterization and development of polymorphic microsatellites in Eospalax baileyi.

ABSTRACT: Microsatellite markers are cost-effective, rapid, efficient, and show great advantages in in large-sample kinship analysis and population structure studies. However, microsatellite loci are seriously underdeveloped in non-model organisms. The plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi) is a key species living underground in the Tibetan Plateau, the effective management of which has long been challenging. In this study, we analyzed the distribution characteristics and functions of microsatellites in the genome of plateau zokors, and their polymorphic sites. The mononucleotide and dinucleotide types being the most abundant in the genome. The largest number of microsatellites and their abundance in the intergenic region whereas the smallest number of microsatellites and their abundance in the coding reg

SUBMITTER: Hou Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11696105 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature