title: Isolation and characterization of 11 microsatellite primers for a temperate reef fish, the California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher).
abstract: Eleven microsatellites were characterized for Semicossyphus pulcher (California sheephead) using an enrichment protocol. The number of alleles varied from three to 14 for a sample of 40 individuals from two populations. Expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.311 to 0.891. All loci but one were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. No evidence for linkage disequilibrium was observed. These polymorphic microsatellites will be useful for genetic diversity and connectivity analyses of S. pulcher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA The Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
authors.forename: Marloes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poortvliet
authors.forename: Jeanine L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Selkoe
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Coyer
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernardi