Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri

Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for sister species, Ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) and Scrawled butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri). All loci were scored from samples collected at geographically distinct locations (C. ornatissimus, N = 37, Republic of Palau; C. meyer...

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Main Authors: Di Battista, Joseph, Feldheim, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53114
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description Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for sister species, Ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) and Scrawled butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri). All loci were scored from samples collected at geographically distinct locations (C. ornatissimus, N = 37, Republic of Palau; C. meyeri, N = 30, Republic of Kiribati). There were 14.00 or 13.50 mean alleles per locus (A) for C. ornatissimus and C. meyeri, respectively, with observed heterozygosity (H O) ranging from 0.61 to 0.97 and 0.60 to 1.00. Most loci conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectations, were in linkage equilibrium, and lacked confounding null alleles. We expect these markers to be useful for resolving population structure and patterns of hybridization. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-531142017-09-13T15:46:41Z Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri Di Battista, Joseph Feldheim, K. Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for sister species, Ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) and Scrawled butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri). All loci were scored from samples collected at geographically distinct locations (C. ornatissimus, N = 37, Republic of Palau; C. meyeri, N = 30, Republic of Kiribati). There were 14.00 or 13.50 mean alleles per locus (A) for C. ornatissimus and C. meyeri, respectively, with observed heterozygosity (H O) ranging from 0.61 to 0.97 and 0.60 to 1.00. Most loci conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectations, were in linkage equilibrium, and lacked confounding null alleles. We expect these markers to be useful for resolving population structure and patterns of hybridization. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53114 10.1007/s12686-010-9325-z Springer restricted
spellingShingle Di Battista, Joseph
Feldheim, K.
Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri
title Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri
title_full Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri
title_fullStr Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri
title_full_unstemmed Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri
title_short Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, Chaetodon meyeri
title_sort isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in a sympatric sister species, chaetodon meyeri
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53114