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Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci in the blue coral Heliopora coerulea (Alcynonaria: Coenothecalia)

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We isolated 11 polymorphic microsatellites from blue coral (Heliopora coerulea), whose conservation and management are of great concern. The number of alleles ranged from 3 to 20 with an average of 5.5, and the observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.115 to 0.833 and from 0.371 to 0.915, respectively. These loci are useful for conservation genetics in H. coerulea populations.

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Acknowledgments

This research has been financially supported by JSPS (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (No.17206052) and Grant-in-Aid for Research Fellows (1700-8669).

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  1. Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan

    Nina Yasuda & Kazuo Nadaoka

  2. National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, 739-0452, Japan

    Satoshi Nagai & Masami Hamaguchi

  3. Asian Natural Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-8 Midori-cho, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo, 188-0002, Japan

    Chunlian Lian

  4. Ishigaki Tropical Station, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, 148-446 Fukai-Ohta, Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa, 907-0451, Japan

    Takeshi Hayashibara

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Yasuda, N., Nagai, S., Lian, C. et al. Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci in the blue coral Heliopora coerulea (Alcynonaria: Coenothecalia). Conserv Genet 9, 1011–1013 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-007-9436-6

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