TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the widespread ascidian Didemnum perlucidum (Tunicata, ascidiacea)
AU - Simoes Dias, Joana J.
AU - Simpson, T.
AU - Hitchen, Yvette
AU - Lukehurst, Sherralee
AU - Snow, M.
AU - Kennington, Jason J.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - © 2016 The Author(s).The colonial tunicate Didemnum perlucidum has been identified from numerous tropical and temperate locations worldwide, but its native and introduced ranges remain largely unknown. In Australia, D. perlucidum is listed as a target species under the introduced marine pest national monitoring network. In order to investigate the introduced status and potential routes of introduction and dispersal of D. perlucidum, we developed 17 new polymorphic microsatellite markers using 454 shotgun sequencing. Two to six alleles per locus were detected. No evidence of linkage disequilibrium between pairs of loci was identified and 12 of the 17 loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
AB - © 2016 The Author(s).The colonial tunicate Didemnum perlucidum has been identified from numerous tropical and temperate locations worldwide, but its native and introduced ranges remain largely unknown. In Australia, D. perlucidum is listed as a target species under the introduced marine pest national monitoring network. In order to investigate the introduced status and potential routes of introduction and dispersal of D. perlucidum, we developed 17 new polymorphic microsatellite markers using 454 shotgun sequencing. Two to six alleles per locus were detected. No evidence of linkage disequilibrium between pairs of loci was identified and 12 of the 17 loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
U2 - 10.3391/mbi.2016.7.2.06
DO - 10.3391/mbi.2016.7.2.06
M3 - Article
SN - 1989-8649
VL - 7
SP - 189
EP - 191
JO - Management of Biological Invasions
JF - Management of Biological Invasions
IS - 2
ER -