title: Short Communication Microsatellite loci in the tetraploid spined loach, Cobitis biwae, and cross-species amplification in four related species.
abstract: Fifteen microsatellite loci were identified in the tetraploid spined loach, Cobitis biwae (Teleostei: Cobitidae). Among these, 14 were polymorphic (5-31 alleles) and showed moderate to high cross-species amplification transferability in four related species, Cobitis matsubarai, Cobitis taenia, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, and Misgurnus fossilis. The loci, described herein, will be useful for population genetics, phylogeny, parentage analysis, and detection of hybridization among Cobitis species.
authors.affiliation: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Zoology, Oczapowskiego, Olsztyn, Poland olga.jablonska@uwm.edu.pl.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jablonska
authors.affiliation: Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.affiliation: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Zoology, Oczapowskiego, Olsztyn, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kowalewska
authors.affiliation: Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.affiliation: Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D057891:Tetraploidy