title: Isolation and characterization of 18 new polymorphic microsatellite loci for the swordfish, Xiphias gladius.
abstract: Eighteen microsatellite loci (13 di- and 5 tri-repeats) were isolated from swordfish and characterized in two populations from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 29 and the observed heterozygosity from 0.302 to 0.953. All but one locus conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectations and there was no evidence for linkage disequilibrium between loci.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, PO Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kasapidis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pakaki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kotoulas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magoulas