title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the Caribbean sea fan coral, Gorgonia ventalina.
abstract: Here we report primers for 10 microsatellite loci from the Caribbean sea fan coral, Gorgonia ventalina. Primers were tested on 237 genomic DNA extracts taken directly from tissue samples of G. ventalina. All loci were polymorphic with allelic richness ranging from 4 to 52. Expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.14 to 0.96. Preliminary data suggest that these microsatellites will be useful tools for studies of the population genetics of this important Caribbean coral species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Dale R. Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology Research Division, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC0202, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Jason P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Andras
authors.forename: Krystal L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rypien