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Table 2 Characteristics of the nine polymorphic microsatellite loci analysed in T. vaporariorum

From: Agroecosystems shape population genetic structure of the greenhouse whitefly in Northern and Southern Europe

Locus (Genbank Accession no.)

Primer sequence (5′-3′) (F: [dye]-forward; R: reverse)

Repeat motif (cloned allele)

Size range (bp)

No. of alleles

H0/HEFinland

H0/HEGreece

Tvap-1-1C

F: [6-FAM]- GAGACTCCACGATGTCTGTC

(GT)6 GG(GT)9

195-215

3

0.469/0.499*

0.455/0.461

(GF112015)

R: TTCCCCTATCGTATGTTCAC

Tvap-1-2

F: [VIC]- CTGTGAATCCCTCAGAAATC

(GT)6

233-236

2

0.094/0.108

0.299/0.308

(GF112025)

R: TGACCTCTCTCAGGCTTTTA

Tvap-3-1

F: [PET]- GAGATGGACAAACTACAACG

(AC)15

228-230

2

0.246/0.437*

0.268/0.355*

(GF112016)

R: GATTGGATGTCGTGGTTG

Tvap-3-2

F: [6-FAM]- GGAGGTCATTACTCATTTCG

(AC)6

170-182

4

0.401/0.405

0.522/0.581

(GF112017)

R: CATAAATTTTCGGCTCACTC

Tvap-3-3

F: [VIC]- CGCAAATCATACTTCCTTTC

(CA)5

235-237

2

0.417/0.412

0.496/0.459

(GF112019)

R: AAATACAGGCGACTCATGTC

Tvap-4-2

F: [NED]- GGTGGTATTGTGGCGTC

(GA)29

298-314

7

0.446/0.468

0.585/0.667

(GF112027)

R: CTGCCTCTTATGACTCTTCC

Tvap-1-4

F: [PET]- GATTTAGCCCAGTTCATTTG

(TG)5

265-267

2

0.091/0.097

0.137/0.179*

(GF112020)

R: CTTCAGTTGAGCTGCTGATG

Tvap-1-5

F: [6-FAM]- CAGTTGTGGTAGTGTGGTG

(TG)12

124-146

10

0.416/0.411

0.703/0.757

(GF112028)

R: CTCATCGGCTCATACATTC

Tvap-2-2C

F: [VIC]- CTGAAAGTCTTATTAGAGCC

(TC)8 GC (TC)10

210-220

6

0.568/0.55

0.588/0.608

(GF112021)

R: CTAACTGATTCCATAGTCG

  1. No. of alleles indicates the maximum number of alleles found in this study.
  2. HO, observed heterozygosity; HE, unbiased expected heterozygosity.
  3. *indicate H O /H E values with potential presence of null alleles with frequency > 0.2.
  4. H O /H E in bold indicate loci with significant deviations from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium in terms of heterozygote deficiency after Bonferroni correction (no significant heterozygote excess was detected).
  5. Heterozygosities, deviations from HWE and null allele frequencies were estimated over 800 females from 18 samples in Finland and 474 females from 16 samples in Greece.