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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the clam Lutraria sieboldii Reeve (Bivalvia: Veneroida)

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The clam Lutraria sieboldii is a commercially important bivalve species, which has been suffering from severe population decline due to overexploitation. To evaluate its genetic diversity and structures of this clam, fourteen polymorphic microsatellites were firstly isolated and characterized. The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 16 per locus. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.200 to 1.000 and from 0.183 to 0.934, respectively. These markers will be useful for the study of population structure and genetic diversity of L. sieboldii.

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The study was supported by the grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31060353).

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  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Xiang-Ju Su & Ying Pan

  2. Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China

    Zi-Rong Zuo, Ling-Feng Kong & Qi Li

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Su, XJ., Pan, Y., Zuo, ZR. et al. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the clam Lutraria sieboldii Reeve (Bivalvia: Veneroida). Conservation Genet Resour 5, 223–225 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-012-9774-7

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