title: Isolation of eight microsatellite markers from Moina macrocopa for assessing cryptic genetic structure in the wild.
abstract: We isolated eight polymorphic microsatellite loci from the zooplankton Moina macrocopa (Straus), which is sensitive to pollutants such as insecticides and heavy metals. The isolated loci were polymorphic, with three to seven alleles among 23 individuals. Expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.167 to 0.787. These loci can be used to examine cryptic genetic structure and to infer the connectivity among metapopulations.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan 21st COE Program (Neoscience of Natural History), Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tatsuta
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yoshinari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka