Development of D-Loop mitochondrial markers for amplification of prey DNA from wolf scat
2021 | 2020
Schröder, Hilke | Palczewski, Stefanie | Degen, Bernd
Analysis of wolves dietary is a currently important theme because of the discussion about wolves preying on livestock as sheep or goats. We developed molecular markers to especially amplify the DNA of the prey out of wolf scat. For this purpose, we used the mitochondrial D-Loop using public available sequences for wolf and seven potential prey species (even-toed ungulates). We developed special primers amplifying either the wolves DNA or the prey DNA. In a fragment of 223-225 basepairs (bp) length we identified 21 SNPs, two 1-bp indels and one 3-bp indel, and three microsatellites to separate seven prey species from each other. Validation of the markers was performed by sequencing the PCR products of 12 fresh prey tissues and 20 wolf scat samples using the different primer pairs.
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