@article {542,
	title = {Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and their amplification in other Maculinea species},
	journal = {Molecular Ecology Notes},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {165-168},
	publisher = {Wiley Online Library},
	abstract = {We developed microsatellite markers for Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea alcon, two of five species of endangered large blue butterflies found in Europe. Two separate micro- satellite libraries were constructed. Eleven markers were developed for M. nausithous and one for M. alcon . The primers were tested on both species as well as on the three other European Maculinea species. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 14. These markers will be useful tools for population genetic studies of Maculinea species.},
	keywords = {large blue butterfly, Maculinea, microsatellite, primers},
	author = {Zeisset, I. and Damm Als, T. and Settele, J. and Boomsma, J.J.}
}
