title: Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the gray mullet (Mugil cephalus).
abstract: Using an (AG)13 enriched genomic library of Mugil cephalus, 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized in a test population; the number of alleles ranged from 2 to 11. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.2593 to 0.8966 and from 0.3047 to 0.8454, respectively. Two loci deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; linkage disequilibrium among the 12 loci was non-significant. These polymorphic microsatellite loci will be useful for genetic diversity analysis and molecule-assisted breeding of the gray mullet.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Marine Living Resources and Molecular Engineering, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, PR China.
authors.forename: T-J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: D-Q
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: R-X
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000235:genetics*