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Characterization of microsatellite loci for the Australian sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Author(s) -
BINKS RACHEL M.,
LUKEHURST SHERRALEE S.,
GARCÍAGONZÁLEZ FRANCISCO,
EVANS JONATHAN P.
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.1755-0998.2009.02659.x
Subject(s) - microsatellite , biology , loss of heterozygosity , sea urchin , locus (genetics) , allele , evolutionary biology , genetics , population , population genetics , zoology , ecology , gene , demography , sociology
We report 16 polymorphic microsatellite loci from Heliocidaris erythrogramma , a common sea urchin endemic to temperate Australian waters. These microsatellites were tested in a minimum of 30 individuals, which yielded between five and 14 alleles per locus. Expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.52 to 0.92 with four loci deviating from Hardy–Weinberg expectations. These markers are expected to be useful for experimental studies involving paternity analysis and for quantifying population structure in H. erythrogramma across its geographic range.