title: PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Development of microsatellite markers in the Japanese common squid Todarodes pacificus (Ommastrephidae).
abstract: Todarodes pacificus is an important species for commercial fisheries, but its reproductive biology has been little understood. We isolated 11 polymorphic microsatellite loci from this species. These loci provided highly polymorphic microsatellite markers with four to 26 alleles per locus. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.150 to 1.000, and from 0.660 to 0.974, respectively. These markers will be useful for research about the mating systems and genetic diversity of T. pacificus.
authors.affiliation: Graduate school of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho 3-1-1, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan, Asian Natural Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Midori-cho 1-1-8, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 188-0002, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai