title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli.
abstract: The Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli) is an  important commercial fish that is widely used in aquaculture. We isolated and  characterized 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Korean rockfish using  a (GT)(13)-enriched  genomic library. Polymorphism was assessed in 48 individuals from a single  population collected from the northern coastal waters of the Yellow Sea. The  observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.0244 to 0.7660 (mean  0.4194) and 0.0244 to 0.8758 (mean 0.5002), respectively. Polymorphism at these  loci indicated from two to 15 alleles (mean 5.7); 14 of 18 loci conformed to  Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These markers should be useful for management and  conservation studies of this species.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
authors.forename: C-C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: S-F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z-M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y-Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D017931:DNA Primers; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006579:Heterozygote; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005819:Genetic Markers