Isolation and characterization of nuclear microsatellite loci in the northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis

• Published in: Conservation Genetics Resources
• Main Authors: Pereyra, Ricardo T., Westgaard, Jon-Ivar, Dahl, Mikael, Johansen, Torild, Knutsen, Halvor, Ring, Anna-Karin, Søvik, Guldborg, André, Carl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2012
• Subjects: genomic library; Pandalus borealis; marine shrimp; genetic diversity; microsatelite primers; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::Genetics and genomics: 474; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; northern shrimp
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/138264

Published version of an article published in the journal: Conservation Genetics Resources. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9486-4 We developed and characterized 20 microsatellite primer loci for the northern shrimp Pandalus borealis. All 20 loci were polymorphic with number of alleles ranging from 3 to 36 and with observed heterozygosity between 0.04 and 0.93. In addition, we tested the utility of these markers in three related shrimp species, P. montagui, Atlantopandalus propinqvus and Dichelopandalus bonnieri. These new markers will prove useful in the identification of stock structure and hence, assessment of the commercially important species P. borealis.