title: Sinanodonta woodiana (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae): isolation and characterization of the first microsatellite markers.
abstract: Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) is a large Unionid species with a real invasion success. It colonized Europe, Central America, the Indonesian Islands and recently North America. The species life cycle involves a larval parasitic stage on freshwater fish species which contributes to the spread of the mussel. In this paper we describe, for the first time, eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the species Sinanodonta woodiana. The genetic screening of individuals confirmed that all loci were highly polymorphic. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 7 to 14 and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.650 to 0.950. These loci should prove useful to study the species population genetics which could help to infer important aspects of the invasion process.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Department, "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff Street, No 1, Bucharest 011341, Romania; E-Mails:  oppopa@antipa.ro  (O.P.P.);  popaluis@antipa.ro  (L.O.P.);  ana.krapal@antipa.ro  (A.-M.K.);  dmurariu@antipa.ro  (D.M.).
authors.forename: Oana Paula
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: Luis Ovidiu
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: Ana-Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Krapal
authors.forename: Dumitru
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murariu
authors.forename: Elena Iulia
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Iorgu
authors.forename: Marieta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costache
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D005838:Genotype; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D049876:Unionidae / Q000235:genetics*