Novel microsatellites for Cypseloides fumigatus, cross-amplifiable in Streptoprocne zonaris

Abstract

Based on microsatellite prospection, we isolated and characterized 21 microsatellite markers for the Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) and tested the cross-amplification in the White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris). Both species are New World species included in the Apodidae family. From these 21, only 13 loci were polymorphic in the Sooty Swift, and their levels of polymorphism were surprisingly low compared to related species. Cross-amplification in the White-collared Swift was successful for 11 loci of the 13 polymorphic found for the Sooty Swift, but seven were monomorphic and four were biallelic. The microsatellites described here could be useful in future genetic population studies for Sooty Swifts and related species.

Genetic analyses provide new insight on the mating strategies of the American Black Swift (Cypseloides niger)

“…To date, genetic studies that included the Black Swift focused on phylogeny and barcoding of swifts and swiftlets rather than on intraspecific genetic variation, parentage or geneticsbased ecological questions (Sibley & Ahlquist 1990, Lee et al 1996, Holmgren 1998, Price et al 2004, Schindel et al 2011). There are few molecular studies on the Cypseloidinae swifts (Biancalana et al 2017(Biancalana et al , 2019 and there are no published accounts of molecular methods employed to determine mating strategies or parentage in any western hemisphere swift species.…”

“…There are few molecular studies on the Cypseloidinae swifts (Biancalana et al . 2017, 2019) and there are no published accounts of molecular methods employed to determine mating strategies or parentage in any western hemisphere swift species.…”