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Isolation and characterization of fifteen microsatellite loci for the giant clam Tridacna maxima

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Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for Tridacna maxima in order to assess self-recruitment and larval dispersal within and among MPAs in New Caledonia and provide baseline data for conservation management of this species. Number of alleles varied from 5 to 25 per locus, observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.171 to 0.860 and 0.591 to 0.935 respectively. Significant deviations from HWE were detected in eight loci. Cross-amplifications were tested in five other species of Tridacnidae (T. crocea, T. squamosa, T. derasa, T. noae and Hippopus hippopus).

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This work was cofunded by the BeN-Co project (ZONECO program, New Caledonia), the COMPO project (ANR, n° 2010 JCJC 1701 01) and the TriMax project (LabEx CORAIL, ANR).

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  1. LabEx CORAIL, UR 227 CoReUs 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), BPA5, 101 Promenade Roger Laroque, 98848, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia

    Daphné Grulois, Josina Tiavouane & Cécile Fauvelot

  2. UR 227 CoReUs 2, Fisheries Department of Vanuatu, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Port-Vila, Vanuatu

    Pascal Paul Dumas

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Grulois, D., Tiavouane, J., Dumas, P.P. et al. Isolation and characterization of fifteen microsatellite loci for the giant clam Tridacna maxima . Conservation Genet Resour 7, 73–75 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-014-0290-9

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