Abstract
Moerella iridescens (Benson) is an economically important small-sized edible marine clam from the Changjiang River delta region of China. In this study, 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized in a wild population from the Cixi mud flats. The number of alleles varied between two and six, and the observed and expected heterozygosity at the population level ranged from 0.2000 to 0.8095 and 0.3243 to 0.5106, respectively. No single locus significantly deviated from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (P > 0.01). All of the polymorphic markers would be useful for future genome mapping, genetic diversity and population assessment studies in M. iridescens.
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This study was supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31101900), the Innovation and Training Programs for College Students in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. 1445), the Project of Key Laboratory of Fisheries Genetic Resources and Utilization of the Agriculture Ministry of China (Grant No. KFT2008-4) and Ningbo Science and Technology Committee Foundation Research Program (2005C100035).
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Li, X., Dong, Z., Wang, M. et al. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for genetic analysis of Moerella iridescens Benson, 1842. Conservation Genet Resour 5, 59–61 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-012-9733-3
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