Table 1 The characterization of three multiplex PCR sets for the amplification of 14 microsatellite loci in 69 unrelated samples of European Robin.

From: First microsatellite markers for the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and their application in analysis of parentage and genetic diversity

Locus

Primer sequence (5′–3′)

Dye

Size range

A

Ho

HE

FIS

HWE

F(null)

ER24

F: TGTTGTCACTTTGCACCTGG

TAM

128–185

16

0.594

0.696

0.154*

0.0104

0.079

R: CTGCTTCACTCCTTGCACAG

 

ER40

F: GATTGCAGGGAACGCTGAC

FAM

190–217

10

0.696

0.799

0.136

0.4742

0.071

R: CAGGTGCTGCTGGAATGTTC

 

ER28

F: TGGTTAATGAAGATGACGGCG

HEX

214–283

14

0.826

0.864

0.052

0.1114

0.021

R: AAGATCCCAGCCTCATTCCG

 

ER21

F: ATGGATGCTGTGGGAGTCTC

ROX

225–273

13

0.913

0.889

 − 0.020

0.4540

 − 0.013

R: GTGATCACGACAGTCAGCAC

 

ER38

F: CGCCTGTGTAAATCTCGCTG

FAM

283–358

12

0.797

0.799

0.010

0.3520

0.003

R: TTGTTCCAACCTAGCCTGGG

 

ER15

F: TACCTCCTGCTTGCTGTGAG

HEX

299–415

21

0.913

0.908

0.002

0.7325

 − 0.002

R: TCCCAACCAAGTCTCCAAGG

 

ER32

F: CTCACCTGTGCTCTTTAAGGC

TAM

106–139

9

0.638

0.730

0.133

0.4697

0.066

R: TGCAGTTCTTCAGTTTGGTGG

 

ER7

F: CAACTGGTCAGCAACACTCC

ROX

262–294

10

0.899

0.851

 − 0.048

0.7983

 − 0.028

R: TTGCAAGCTCAGGATCCTTG

 

ER4

F: TCAGAGGTGTGGCAGAAAGG

FAM

204–292

17

0.696

0.850

0.188

0.0675

0.102

R: TTGTTCCTGCTGCTTTGGAC

 

ER5

F: ACTCCCTACACTTGCCAAGG

FAM

308–428

14

0.826

0.842

0.026

0.7992

0.009

R: GTCTAAAGATGCCCAGAACCTG

 

ER39

F: CGGTGAACAAGAGCAGAAGG

TAM

144–216

22

0.913

0.923

0.018

0.5100

0.004

R: CCTTCTTCACTGCAAGCTGG

 

ER13

F: AGTCTCCTTGCTGCTCTGTG

ROX

180–256

19

0.913

0.885

 − 0.025

0.2387

 − 0.017

R: TGCCCTTTCTCTGACATGGG

 

ER25

F: GAAAGTATCGTGGCAATGCAC

HEX

272–332

19

0.896

0.914

0.028

0.3522

0.010

R: TTCAGGTTCGACAAAGAGGC

 

ER31

F: GAAATGGGAACTGTGCTGGC

FAM

298–344

26

0.754

0.935

0.201*

0.0000

0.106

R: CTGCAGGCTTACTTCAACCAG

 
  1. Column headings are as follows: Size range—size of fragments obtained during PCR, including flanking region; A—number of alleles; HO—observed heterozygosity; HE—expected heterozygosity; FIS—fixation index (*—FIS value significant after Bonferroni correction, 200 randomizations, adjusted P-value = 0.00357), HWE—P-value of Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium exact test, F(null)—null allele frequency. Annealing temperature for all PCRs was 57 °C.