Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari

Table 1 Marker data for 7 microsatellite markers (Burland et al. [76]) employed in this study

Marker	Dye	Size range	T_A	% successfully scored	k	H_O	H_E	HW	F (null)
CH3	PET	120–136	54.6	82.7	13	0.864	0.872	NS	0.0046
DMR2	6-FAM	151–169	61.7	80.8	13	0.870	0.854	NS	− 0.0092
DMRN3^a	VIC	126–154	57.6	90.3	13	0.841	0.869	***	0.0183
DMR4	NED	205–225	57–55	83.2	19	0.796	0.825	***	0.0210
DMR5	6-FAM	244–274	57–55	78.3	18	0.809	0.777	*	− 0.0222
DMR6	NED	123–147	57–55	87.2	10	0.465	0.866	***	0.3040
DMRN7^a	VIC	132–148	60.3	83.2	9	0.826	0.834	*	0.0058

k: number of alleles in 486 genotyped individuals; H_O: observed heterozygosity; H_E: expected heterozygosity; HW: Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium; NS: not significant; F (null): frequency of null alleles
^aNewly designed F primers

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