Table 1.

A summary of the 19 microsatellite loci, amplified in three multiplex PCR reactions, used to genotype Pacific rat Rattus exulans samples. All primer sequences are available in the Rat Genome Database [14].

locus	fluorescent label	multiplex number	product size range (bp)	no. alleles
D7Arb16	HEX	1	87–104	9
D2Rat234	HEX	1	114–121	4
D8Mgh4	6-FAM	1	114–156	9
D12Rat36	HEX	1	182–195	8
D19Rat75	6-FAM	1	195–207	6
D10Rat20	6-FAM	2	97–128	12
D9Mit3	HEX	2	98–109	6
D11Rat7	HEX	2	131–149	5
D6Rat99	6-FAM	2	133–158	10
D5Rat83	6-FAM	2	166–180	6
D7Rat13	HEX	2	201–209	3
D15Rat77	6-FAM	2	240–261	11
D2Rat312	HEX	3	94–112	9
D17Mgh1	6-FAM	3	112–136	13
D1Rat313	6-FAM	3	153–167	8
D4Rat106	HEX	3	155–178	7
D6Rat100	6-FAM	3	174–186	7
D8Rat162	HEX	3	202–215	6
D14Rat39	6-FAM	3	223–257	14