Animal GeneticsVolume 30, Issue 5 p. 391-393 Characterisation of 33 chicken microsatellite loci: 20 new locations on reference maps M Morisson, M Morisson Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorF Plisson-Petit, F Plisson-Petit Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorD Dawson, D Dawson Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorF Pitel, F Pitel Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorV Fillon, V Fillon Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorJ Gellin, J Gellin Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorT Burke, T Burke Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorA Vignal, A Vignal Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this author M Morisson, M Morisson Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorF Plisson-Petit, F Plisson-Petit Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorD Dawson, D Dawson Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorF Pitel, F Pitel Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorV Fillon, V Fillon Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorJ Gellin, J Gellin Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this authorT Burke, T Burke Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorA Vignal, A Vignal Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, BP27, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;Search for more papers by this author First published: 11 September 2003 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00526-11.xCitations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume30, Issue5October 1999Pages 391-393 RelatedInformation

Animal GeneticsVolume 30, Issue 3 p. 238-241 Further development of chicken microsatellite loci: 21 markers mapped A. Wardle, A. Wardle Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK;Search for more papers by this authorD. Dawson, D. Dawson Present address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK;Search for more papers by this authorM. Gibbs, M. Gibbs Present address: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, 1100 Fairview Ave. N. D2–190, Seattle, WA 98109–4417, USASearch for more papers by this authorA. Parham, A. Parham Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK;Search for more papers by this authorT. Burke, T. Burke Present address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK;Search for more papers by this author A. Wardle, A. Wardle Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK;Search for more papers by this authorD. Dawson, D. Dawson Present address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK;Search for more papers by this authorM. Gibbs, M. Gibbs Present address: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, 1100 Fairview Ave. N. D2–190, Seattle, WA 98109–4417, USASearch for more papers by this authorA. Parham, A. Parham Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK;Search for more papers by this authorT. Burke, T. Burke Present address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK;Search for more papers by this author First published: 24 December 2001 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00404-18.xCitations: 2Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References Gibbs, M et al. 1997. Anim Genet, 28, 401 417. 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1997.00184.x CASPubMedGoogle Scholar Armour, J.A.L et al. 1994. Hum Mol Gen, 3, 599 605. 10.1093/hmg/3.4.599 CASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar Crittenden, L.B et al. 1993. Poultry Sci, 72, 334 48. 10.3382/ps.0720334 Web of Science®Google Scholar Bumstead, N. & Palyga, J. 1992. Genomics, 13, 690 697. 10.1016/0888-7543(92)90143-G CASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar Manly, K_f. 1993. Mamm Genome, 4, 303 313. 10.1007/BF00357089 CASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar Crooijmans, R.P_m.A et al. 1997. Anim Genet, 28, 427 437. 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1997.00205.x CASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar Groenen, M. A. M et al. 1998 Genomics, 49, 265 274. Google Scholar Citing Literature Volume30, Issue3June 1999Pages 238-241 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Despite the interest that avian brood parasites provoke due to their reproductive strategy, and the wealth of published studies, their mating system is one of the least known aspects of their natural history. This study describes the first attempt to use genetics to characterize mating patterns in a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius). We developed a set of microsatellite markers for this species that allowed us to determine the parentage of 78% of the chicks sampled, with a high probability of certainty (false parental inclusion probability, PFI =2 〈10 ‐4 ). Parentage analyses allowed us to determine mating patterns in the population, to show for the first time that there were several females laying in the same study site and sharing host nests, and that females used nests of two different host species in the same season. A total of 70% of the inferred mating relationships can be considered monogamous, and the rest were cases of genetic polygamy, although of unknown social structure. To ease parentage analyses, adult birds were successfully sexed using a combination of sexspecific PCR primers and SSCP techniques before parentage assignment.

Superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus are small, sexually dichromatic, co-operatively breeding birds of southeastern Australia. Groups typically consist of a single female, an unrelated dominant male and several male helpers. Although all males care for the offspring, 76% of all offspring produced on territory are sired by males from outside the group (Mulder et al. 1994); this is the highest known frequency of extra-pair paternity of any bird (Westneat & Webster 1994). In order to understand this remarkable system it is essential to understand the distribution of paternity. Although multilocus DNA fingerprinting has allowed partial success in assigning paternity (Mulder et al. 1994), this technique is time-consuming, inefficient and demands relatively large blood samples from individuals. We describe a microsatellite-based, genotyping system for the superb fairy-wren which facilitates efficient determination of paternity. We also discuss the ubiquitous but largely ignored problem of paternity assignment in species with male philopatry. Initially, pBluescript libraries enriched for either (CA)n dinucleotide or (TTTC)n tetranucleotide repeats were con

Animal GeneticsVolume 26, Issue 6 p. 443-444 Ten novel chicken dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms M Gibbs, M Gibbs Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorD Dawson, D Dawson Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorC McCamley, Corresponding Author C McCamley Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSchool of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UKSearch for more papers by this authorT Burke, T Burke Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this author M Gibbs, M Gibbs Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorD Dawson, D Dawson Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this authorC McCamley, Corresponding Author C McCamley Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSchool of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UKSearch for more papers by this authorT Burke, T Burke Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1995 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1995.tb02698.xCitations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume26, Issue6December 1995Pages 443-444 RelatedInformation