title: Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci from the giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata).
abstract: Eighteen polymorphic microsatellite loci from the giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) were identified and their characteristics were described. These markers were tested in two wild populations from China (n = 20) and Australia (n = 20) respectively. The number of alleles ranged from 9 to 14 with an average of 11.28 per locus. The mean expected heterozygosity (H(E) ) was 0.8696 in the population from China, 0.8823 in the population from Australia. No locus deviates significantly from Hardy-Weinberg proportions (P < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Harbin 150070, China.
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xiao-Ling
authors.forename: Ren
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheng-Jie
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shu-Qiang
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhi-Ying