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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from rock shell, Thais clavigera
Author(s) -
HWANG G.,
MYUNG C. S.,
PARK S. I.,
SONG S. J.,
MACLEAN N.
Publication year - 2009
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.1755-0998.2009.02619.x
Subject(s) - biology , imposex , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , thais , population , zoology , evolutionary biology , allele , genetic diversity , ecology , genetics , gastropoda , demography , sociology , gene
Imposex (superimposition of male genital organs on female phenotype) of the rock shell or whelk, Thais clavigera , shows typical evidence of endocrine disruption by organotin compounds within inter‐tidal zones polluted by such compounds. It will be informative to see how low fertility caused by imposex of this species finally affects the genetic diversity of polluted populations. For future use in population genetic research of the rock shell, we report the isolation and characteristics of 11 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers with a mean of 11.7 alleles per locus. We observed heterozygosities of these sequences ranging from 0.43 to 0.95. These markers will be useful for future ecological genetic studies of rock shell.