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Microsatellite loci isolated from the scleractinian coral, Acropora nobilis
Author(s) -
ISOMURA NAOKO,
HIDAKA MICHIO
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02004.x
Subject(s) - acropora , biology , microsatellite , coral , locus (genetics) , scleractinia , allele , zoology , genetics , ecology , cnidaria , gene
We report the isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci from the scleractinian coral, Acropora nobilis . The microsatellite loci were obtained using compound SSR primers or an enrichment protocol. All the loci were polymorphic with four to eight alleles per locus and observed heterozygosities ranging from 0.22 to 0.76. Some of the primers developed for the two congeners, Acropora palmata and Acropora millepora were applicable to A. nobilis . These loci are useful for studying the connectivity among A. nobilis populations in Okinawa, southern Japan.