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Development of three multiplex PCR primer sets for ark shell (Scapharca broughtonii) and their validation in parentage assignment

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Scapharca broughtonii is a commercially important and over-exploited species. In order to investigate its genetic diversity and population structure, 43 novel polymorphic microsatellites were isolated and characterized. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 22 with an average of 6.93, and the observed and expected heterozygosities varied between 0.233 and 1.000, and 0.250 and 0.953, with an average of 0.614 and 0.707, respectively. Three highly informative multiplex PCRs were developed from nine of those microsatellites for S. broughtonii. We evaluated and validated these multiplex PCRs in 8 full-sib families. The average polymorphism information content (PIC) was 0.539. The frequency of null alleles was estimated as 3.13% of all the alleles segregation based on a within-family analysis of Mendelian segregation patterns. Parentage analysis of real offspring demonstrated that 100% of all offspring were unambiguously allocated to a pair of parents based on 3 multiplex sets. Those 43 microsatellite loci with high variability will be helpful for the analysis of population genetics and conservation of wild stock of S. broughtonii. The 3 sets of multiplex PCRs could be an important tool of pedigree reconstruction, population genetic analysis and brood stock management.

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    Ning Li, Qi Li, Lingfeng Kong & Hong Yu

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Li, N., Li, Q., Kong, L. et al. Development of three multiplex PCR primer sets for ark shell (Scapharca broughtonii) and their validation in parentage assignment. J. Ocean Univ. China 15, 311–317 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-016-2777-3

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