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- Title
Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis).
- Authors
Zheng, J. S.; Liao, X. L.; Tong, J. G.; Du, H. J.; Milinkovitch, M. C.; Wang, D.
- Abstract
The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is one of the smallest cetacean species widely distributed in the shallow coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific Oceans. The population size of the Yangtze subspecies (N. p. asiaeorientalis) has sharply decreased in the last two decades and access to objective data on its population structure and genetic diversity would be of great assistance for their proper management. Here we report on the isolation of nine polymorphic microsatellite using the ''Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences Containing repeats'' (FIASCO) protocol. Polymorphism was assessed using 30 porpoise individuals randomly sampled in the Yangtze River. The number of alleles per locus varies from 2 to 9, with an average value of 5.56, whereas the ranges of observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.300-0.633 (mean 0.496) and 0.473-0.804 (mean 0.659), respectively.
- Subjects
FINLESS porpoise; ENDANGERED species; HABITATS; GENETIC polymorphisms; MICROSATELLITE repeats; SPECIES diversity; POPULATION genetics; WILDLIFE conservation; SCIENTIFIC experimentation
- Publication
Conservation Genetics, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 4, p1007
- ISSN
1566-0621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10592-007-9435-7