Table 2. Microsatellite primers and respective species from which they were obtained, used for amplifying sequences of the mothers and the respective offspring for the suspected parthenogenesis cases in Bothrops atrox, B. moojeni, and B. leucurus.
Locus | Species | DNA strand | Primer sequences | Annealing (T °C) | References |
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Microsatellites | |||||
Ac4335 | Agkistrodon contortrix | 5′ | ATC CTT CCC CAA GCC AAG G | 62 | Castoe et al. (2010) |
3′ | GCT GGA GAC TGG AGA AGA GAG C | ||||
MR102 | Bothrops marmoratus | 5′ | CTC TTT TGC AGT TAT GGC CC | 56 | Machado (2015) |
3′ | TGG CTT AGG AAG ACA CTG AAA | ||||
Bi52.13 | B. insularis | 5′ | TAC TGT ATT GCA CCG GCT AAG G | 62; 56a | K Zamudio (pers. comm., 2013) |
3′ | AAT CTC CTG TTT TAA TGC TAC TGA A | ||||
Bi60.3 | B. insularis | 5′ | CTT TGC CGC CGA TGG TG | 60 | K Zamudio (pers. comm., 2013) |
3′ | GGT TGG GCC TGT GGA CTG TT |
Notes.
Annealing temperature varied according to the species: 62 °C for B. moojeni and 56 °C for B. leucurus.