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Nine new microsatellite loci for the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)

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We isolated nine new dinucleotide microsatellites for the deep-sea fish Hoplostethus atlanticus. These loci are generally highly polymorphic, with allele number ranging from 3 to 31 and observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.067 to 0.933. In conjuction with previously published loci, these markers will be useful for fine-scale analysis of population structure in this commercially important and threatened species.

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We thank Natural Environment Research Council for financial support and Marine Girard and Pascal Lorance for providing samples from the Hebrides and Bay of Biscay fisheries. This work forms part of the ECOMAR project www.oceanlab.abdn.ac.uk/ecomar/.

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  1. School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

    Thomas A. White, Joanne Stamford & A. Rus Hoelzel

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White, T.A., Stamford, J. & Hoelzel, A.R. Nine new microsatellite loci for the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). Conserv Genet 10, 601–603 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-008-9587-0

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