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Development of microsatellite markers for the critically endangered bullocki and cross-species amplification in two related species

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Development of microsatellite markers for the critically endangered frog and cross-species amplification in two related species

Virginia Moreno-Puig • Yes¸erin Yildirim • Dianne H. Brunton

Received: 8 May 2014 / Accepted: 19 May 2014 Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Abstract Fifteen microsatellite markers were developed Junior). Reads were screened for pure repeats, and primers for Telmatobufo bullocki, a critically endangered frog were designed using QDD v2.0 (Megle´cz et al. 2010). species from Chile. Genetic diversity that was assessed in Forward primers were modified with a M13(-21) tail, and 29 individuals from one location showed 3–19 alleles per three primers were used to fluorescently label amplicons locus. These markers were then tested for cross-species (Schuelke 2000). Fifty primer pairs were initially tested for amplification in two related and similarly threatened spe- amplification and polymorphism in seven individuals, cies. The markers will be used in genetic studies aiding the using gDNA extracted from buccal swabs of live . management and conservation of T. bullocki. Loci that did not amplify consistently across these samples were discarded. The remaining 15 loci (Table 1) were Keywords Microsatellite loci Telmatobufo bullocki amplified and scored for a total of 29 individuals from one Cross-species amplification Callyptocephalellidae location (Elicura, Regio´n del Biobı´o). Amplification was performed in 12.5 ml reactions with

Telmatobufo bullocki (Anura: Callyptocephalellidae) is a 1 9 PCR buffer, 2 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM each dNTP, critically endangered (IUCN) frog endemic to Chile temperate 0.05 mM forward primer, 0.24 mM reverse primer, forests. Throughout its range, native forest has been exten- 0.2 mM fluorescence-labelled M13 primer, 2.0 U Amp- sively replaced and fragmented by exotic forestry plantations liTaq Gold 360 DNA Polymerase, 1.5 ml of DNA tem- (Fenolio et al. 2013). Urgent conservation research and action plate, and deionised water. PCR conditions were 5 min at is needed to effectively protect and manage remaining popu- 95 °C, 35 cycles of 30 s at 94 °C, 45 s at 56 °C, 45 s at lations. Microsatellite markers were developed to use in 72 °C, 15 cycles of 30 s at 94 °C, 45 s at 53 °C, and 45 s at conservation genetic studies of this species. 72 °C, and 10 min at 72 °C. PCR products were pooled Genomic DNA was isolated from ethanol preserved according to dye and size, and run in a ABI 3730 DNA tissue of T. bullocki, and pyrosequenced (Roche 454 GS Analyser. Alleles were manually scored using Geneious 7. Genotyping data was tested for errors and evidence for null alleles using MICRO-CHECKER v2.2.3 (Van Oosterhout et al. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this 2004). The number of alleles, expected and observed hetero- article (doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0231-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. zygosities (Table 1), and deviations from Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) were calculated with GenoDive v2.0 V. Moreno-Puig (&) D. H. Brunton (Meirmans and Van Tienderen 2004). The average observed Ecology, Conservation and Behaviour Group, Institute of heterozygosity across all loci was H = 0.561. Locus Tbu28 Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, North o Shore Mail Centre, Private Bag 102904, Auckland, New Zealand and Tbu48 significantly deviated from HWE and showed e-mail: [email protected] homozygote excess, suggesting potential null alleles. There was no evidence for large allele dropout at any of the loci. No Y. Yildirim loci were in linkage disequilibrium after Bonferroni correction. New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study and Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey Microsatellite loci were tested for cross-species ampli- University, Auckland, New Zealand fication and polymorphism in eight individuals of the 123 Conservation Genet Resour

Table 1 Characterisation of microsatellite loci for T. bullocki

0 0 a Locus Primer sequence (5 –3 ) Repeat motif Size range Na Ho HE T. venustus C. gayi

Tbu03 F: TAGCACAATGCGTTTTCCAG (TG)8 313–319 4 0.679 0.74 ? R: CTGGGAGTGTCCCCTAGACA

Tbu06 F: TGTTTCAGGTCATGCAATGG (CA)11 117–125 4 0.321 0.395 ?? R: CCTTTGACATGGAACCAAGG

Tbu19 F: AGCAATGGCAGGCTGAATAC (TCTA)13 212–288 19 0.893 0.942 R: CTCCTCTTGCCTGAAACCAG

Tbu20 F: AAACCAGGATTTGAGGGAGG (ATCT)11 258–298 9 0.571 0.739 ?? R: GCACATGCTAGGGCTATTGG

Tbu23 F: TTACCCAATCAAGTCCACCG (TG)12 221–227 4 0.586 0.632 ?? ? R: CCAATACTCTGCAAGCCACC

Tbu24 F: CCCAATATCTGCACCAATCC (GT)10 158–168 5 0.655 0.597 ? R: GTGGTTTACAGTGGCAAGGG

Tbu28 F: ATCTAATCTTTGCATGCGGG (TTA)10 120–132 5 0.259 0.498 R: CTCAACTGTATGGCGCTGTG

Tbu33 F: GGCTGGCTAAATCCATTGTC (CT)9 238–253 6 0.571 0.663 ?? R: GACAGGGCAAAGAAATGACG

Tbu34 F: CCTCCAGTCTAAATGGGTTGC (AG)10 156–166 6 0.379 0.48 ?? R: CTGCTTTGCCCTTTGAATTG

Tbu35 F: AATGAATGTGGCTAAGGTGTATG (ATCT)8 190–214 7 0.793 0.768 ?? R: TCTACAGCCTCTCCAAGCCC

Tbu39 F: GGTATTGGCTGCACCTTGAC (TTTA)6 249–261 4 0.375 0.389 R: TCACAAAGCAAGGACTGTTCC

Tbu42 F: AAATTTGCAGCTGGTATCTTTC (TTAT)6 117–125 3 0.414 0.424 ?? R: CAGGAACATCACGTGCAATAAG

Tbu44 F: ATGGTATGTGCTACGGTGGG (CA)11 216–218 7 0.536 0.558 ?? ? R: AACAAATTGGGTGGTTGTTTG

Tbu47 F: TAAATTCACATGGTTCCCGC (TG)8 171–181 6 0.643 0.532 ?? ? R: TCCTGAGGACTGCAATCAGAC

Tbu48 F: TTGGCAGAAGCGACAGACTC (AC)13 125–153 9 0.607 0.838 ?? ? R: TAATCCGGCCCAATACAACC

Na number of alleles, Ho observed and HE expected heterozygosity, ? successful amplification, ?? successful amplification and polymorphic a Includes M13(-21) tail

closely related . Amplification only conservation of a Gondwana legacy: Bullock’s false toad, was tested in two samples of C. gayi (Table 1). Telmatobufo bullocki (Amphibia: Anura: ). Herpetol Rev 44(4):583–590 Megle´cz E, Costedoat C, Dubut V, Gilles A, Malausa T, Pech N, Acknowledgments Funded by the European Association of Zoos Martin J-F (2010) QDD: a user-friendly program to select and Aquaria and Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund. We thank to Paul microsatellite markers and design primers from large sequencing B. Rainey and Heather Hendrickson for access to lab space and projects. Bioinformatics 26(3):403–404. doi:10.1093/bioinfor Claudio Correa for providing DNA samples. Thanks to Forestal Ar- matics/btp670 auco S.A. for access permits and to Zoolo´gico Nacional de Chile and Meirmans PG, Van Tienderen PH (2004) GENOTYPE and GENO- Dante´ Fenolio for assistance with captive sampling. Research DIVE: two programs for the analysis of genetic diversity of permit provided by Servicio Agrı´cola y Ganadero (N86977). asexual organisms. Mol Ecol Notes 4(4):792–794. doi:10.1111/j. 1471-8286.2004.00770.x Schuelke M (2000) An economic method for the fluorescent labeling of PCR fragments. Nat Biotechnol 18(2):233–234 References Van Oosterhout C, Hutchinson WF, Wills DPM, Shipley P (2004) Micro-checker: software for identifying and correcting genotyp- ing errors in microsatellite data. Mol Ecol Notes 4(3):535–538. Fenolio DB, Moreno-Puig V, Levy MG, Nun˜ez JJ, Lamar WW, Fabry doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00684.x MO, Tirado MS, Crump ML, Charrier A (2013) Status and

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