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- Title
Development and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi).
- Authors
Armstrong, Amelia J.; Dudgeon, Christine L.; Bustamante, Carlos; Bennett, Michael B.; Ovenden, Jennifer R.
- Abstract
Objective: Limited sample sizes are often a problem for species of conservation concern when using genetic tools to make population assessments. Lack of analytical power from small sample sizes can be compensated for by use of a large marker set. Here we report on development and characterization of 17 novel microsatellite markers for the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi). Results: Loci were screened on 60 reef manta rays (M. alfredi) sampled from the east coast of Australia. The number of alleles per locus varied from 2 to 13 with observed heterozygosities ranging between 0.300 and 0.917. The development of these 17 additional markers increases the total number of microsatellite markers available for this species to 27.
- Subjects
POPULATION genetics; WILDLIFE conservation; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE repeats; MANTA birostris
- Publication
BMC Research Notes, 2019, Vol 12, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1756-0500
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13104-019-4270-8