Abstract
Paragorgia arborea, or bubblegum coral, occurs in continental slope habitats worldwide, which are increasingly threatened by human activities such as energy development and fisheries practices. From 101 putative loci screened, nine microsatellite markers were developed from samples taken from Baltimore canyon in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The number of alleles ranged from two to thirteen per locus and each displayed equilibrium. These nuclear resources will help further research on population connectivity in threatened coral species where mitochondrial markers are known to lack fine-scale genetic diversity.
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Funding provided by USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, Outer Continental Shelf Program, NOAA’s Deep-sea Coral Research and Technology Program, and sponsored by BOEM. Special thanks to M. Andersen, A. Demopoulos, C. Kellogg, E. Hanneman, L. Sanders, and G. Boland. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
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Coykendall, D.K., Morrison, C.L. Nine microsatellite loci developed from the octocoral, Paragorgia arborea . Conservation Genet Resour 7, 771–772 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-015-0457-z
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