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Nine original microsatellite loci in prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) and their applicability to other closely related Cottus species

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Prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) are a widespread but largely understudied native freshwater fish in coastal and inland rivers of Western North America. Given the extreme anthropogenic changes in this region, prickly sculpin represent a model organism to study historical and contemporary changes. We present nine novel microsatellites and four additional loci developed on a distantly related Cottus species. Loci range in allelic size from one to eleven and expected heterozygosity from 0.08 to 0.65 within a single inland population. Most loci were genotyped on three different prickly sculpin populations and three closely related sympatric Cottus species allowing for future comparative studies between and within species.

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  1. School of Natural Sciences and Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA, 95344, USA

    Jason Baumsteiger & Andres Aguilar

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Baumsteiger, J., Aguilar, A. Nine original microsatellite loci in prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) and their applicability to other closely related Cottus species. Conservation Genet Resour 5, 279–282 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-012-9787-2

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