title: Microsatellite markers for Amazon pellona Pellona castelnaeana (Clupeiformes: Pristigasteridae).
abstract: The Amazon pellona is one of the few species of Pristigasteridae with recognized commercial value in the Amazon. We isolated 24 and characterized 8 microsatellite loci for this species. The number of alleles ranges from 2-8 per locus. Observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.052-0.823, while expected heterozygosities from 0.052-0.836. These 8 microsatellites are potentially valuable tools for characterizing the levels and distribution of genetic diversity, population structure, and gene flow. They may also be important parameters for the genetic conservation of this species, as well as for its sister taxon Pellona flavipinnis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ximenes
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Zoologia, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Altamira, PA, Brasil emilhjh@ufpa.br.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hernández-Ruz
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética & Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências da Educação, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, PA, Brasil.
authors.forename: L R R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Zoologia, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Altamira, PA, Brasil.
authors.forename: G C S
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Farias
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D051456:Gene Flow; D056426:Genetic Loci; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006579:Heterozygote; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010802:Phylogeny