- Title
- A population genetics study of Pale-winged Starlings, Onychognathus nabouroup, using novel microsatellite markers
- Creator
- Munshi, Naadhira, Symes, Craig, Maayer, Pieter de, Craig, Adrian J F K, Henry, Laurence, Hausberger, Martine, Mollett, Jean
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/448718
- Identifier
- vital:74754
- Identifier
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/scopus/article/view/211291
- Description
- Recent research into starling species has revealed the existence of vocal social markers and a link between song temporal structuring and social organisation. The aim of the present study was to develop a genetic tool for understanding the population structuring and behaviour (social/parental transmission) and mating in Pale-winged Starlings (Onychognathus nabouroup), a songbird which is found in arid areas of southern Africa. Using next-generation sequencing, microsatellite markers comprising six dinucleotides, eighteen trinucleotides and twenty-four tetra-nucleotides specific to the Pale-winged Starling were isolated and developed. A total of 77 birds were sampled from the Augrabies Falls Nature Reserve in South Africa (n= 53) and the Ai Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park resort in Namibia (n= 24), respectively. Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite markers were genotyped. The statistical programme STRUCTURE revealed four different genetic clusters within the two populations.
- Format
- 2 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology, Munshi, N., Symes, C., Maayer, P.D., Craig, A., Henry, L., Hausberger, M. and Mollett, J., 2021. A population genetics study of Pale-winged Starlings, Onychognathus nabouroup, using novel microsatellite markers. Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology, Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology volume 2021 number 1 1 2 2021
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- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology Statement (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/scopus)
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