title: Isolation and characterization of 13 polymorphic microsatellites for the black murex, Hexaplex nigritus.
abstract: Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite markers have been isolated and characterized for the black murex (Hexaplex nigritus). These loci are moderately to highly variable with seven to 37 alleles within 113 individuals from four populations in the Northern Gulf of California. Expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.43 to 0.98. High variability indicates that these markers will be useful for studying population structure and connectivity in this species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. glongo@ucsc.edu
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beldade
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cudney-Bueno
authors.forename: Pete
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raimondi
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernardi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003710:Demography; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA