title: First isolation and  characterization of genomic SSR markers for the giant red shrimp Aristaeomorpha  foliacea (Risso,  1827).
abstract: Fourteen  microsatellite markers were isolated from the giant red shrimp Aristaeomorpha  foliacea (Risso, 1827) using the FIASCO protocol (fast isolation by AFLP of  sequences containing repeats). Polymorphism was assessed in 30 individuals from  two localities of the western Mediterranean basin (N = 20 from Sardinia and N =  10 from Sicily); nine loci showed polymorphism with 2 to 19 alleles per locus  (average: 8.9). Polymorphic information content ranged from 0.36 to 0.91, and  the observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.50 to 0.97 and from  0.47 to 0.93, respectively. Two loci showed significant deviation from  Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and evidence of linkage disequilibrium was found  for only one locus pair. These loci are the first to be characterized in A.  foliacea and could be effective tools for the investigation of genetic  diversity, population structure, and demographic connectivity, useful  information for the management of this important commercial resource.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Environment, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. rcannas@unica.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cannas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marcias
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cau
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Deiana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers