Abstract
We isolated seven polymorphic microsatellite loci from the coral reef starfish Linckia laevigata—a common coral reef sea star distributed widely in the Indo-Pacific. The number of alleles ranged from 4 to 13, with an average of 7.4. The ranges of observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.367/0.933 and 0.332/0.840 for L. laevigata and 0.182/0.818 and 0.329/0.697 for L. multifora, respectively. All of these markers can also be used in the sister species Linckia multifora. These microsatellite loci will be useful for population and conservation genetic studies in coral reef ecosystems.
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This work was supported financially by the Global Environment Research Fund (D-0802) of the Ministry of the Environment, a Grant-in-Aid for Research Fellows (No. 2002461) from the JSPS (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) and a Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant. In addition, G.W. acknowledges funding from the German Science Foundation (DFG).
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Yasuda, N., Taquet, C., Nagai, S. et al. Development of microsatellite loci in the common reef starfish Linckia laevigata and Linckia multifora . Ecol Res 27, 1095–1097 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-0990-0
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