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Characterization and cross-species utility of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Asian mud snails Batillaria attramentaria and B. multiformis

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We describe 16 polymorphic microsatellite markers in two congenic species of mud snails, Batillaria attramentaria and B. multiformis, as well as the conditions of multiplexing and the cross-species availability of these loci. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 8 for B. attramentaria and from 2 to 21 for B. multiformis. The set of markers described here will constitute efficient tools for detecting the loss of their genetic diversity due to the tsunami disturbance of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake.

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Acknowledgments

We thank N. Sato for her laboratory assistance. Support was provided by research project funds, Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated Marine Science, and Program to Disseminate Tenure Tracking System from the MEXT. This study was also in part supported by grant for Environmental Research Projects from the Sumitomo Foundation and grants from the Ito Science Foundation and the Inamori Foundation.

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  1. Oceanography Section, Science Research Center, Kochi University, 200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan

    Osamu Miura

  2. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan

    Wataru Makino & Jotaro Urabe

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Miura, O., Makino, W. & Urabe, J. Characterization and cross-species utility of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Asian mud snails Batillaria attramentaria and B. multiformis . Conservation Genet Resour 6, 461–463 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-013-0126-z

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