title: Isolation and characterization of novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for Epinephelus akaara.
abstract: In the present study, ten novel microsatellite markers were developed from an enriched-(CA)13 genomic library of Epinephelus akaara. The mean number of alleles per locus was 21.6, with a range of 12 to 33. Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.767 to 0.967, and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.831 to 0.975, with mean values of 0.877 and 0.923, respectively. Among the ten loci, three loci deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium after sequential Bonferroni's correction. These polymorphic microsatellite markers may be useful for studies on the population genetics of E. akaara.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China lsszy@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci