title: Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in Megalonibea fusca.
abstract: Megalonibea fusca is a commercially important large edible fish. In this study, the first set of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for M. fusca was developed and characterized. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to five, with the observed and expected heterozygosities ranging from 0.0667 to 0.7667, and from 0.0644 to 0.5828, respectively. Most of the loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P > 0.05), except for two loci (Mf25 and Mf30) after a Bonferroni's correction (P < 0.005). These informative microsatellite markers will be useful in further studies of the population and conservation genetics of this species.
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China lizhongbao@jmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Z B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Q H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Shangguan
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*