title: Characterization of microsatellite loci for the Australian sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma.
abstract: We report 16 polymorphic microsatellite loci from Heliocidaris erythrogramma, a common sea urchin endemic to temperate Australian waters. These microsatellites were tested in a minimum of 30 individuals, which yielded between five and 14 alleles per locus. Expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.52 to 0.92 with four loci deviating from Hardy-Weinberg expectations. These markers are expected to be useful for experimental studies involving paternity analysis and for quantifying population structure in H. erythrogramma across its geographic range.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. binksr02@student.uwa.edu.au
authors.forename: Rachel M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Binks
authors.forename: Sherralee S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lukehurst
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-González
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Evans