Abstract
In this study we provide eight polymorphic microsatellite markers for the two South American patellogastropods Nacella magellanica and N. deaurata. Allelic diversity ranged from 5 to 57 alleles per locus. Observed heterozygosity varied between 0.1 and 0.98. Three of the four loci designed for N. magellanica cross-amplified also with N. deaurata, and two loci vice versa. Six of the microsatellites successfully cross-amplified with the sister taxon N. mytilina. This set of microsatellites provides a suitable tool for population genetic and phylogeographic studies.
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We thank Erika Mutschke and Carlos Rios from the Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas and Paul Brickle and Judith Brown from the Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department for providing us samples.
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Pöhlmann, K., Held, C. Isolation and characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellite markers from South American limpets of the Nacella species complex. Conservation Genet Resour 3, 673–676 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9430-7
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