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Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr. 51(3): 695-698 http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572016000300021 |
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Characterization of sixteen microsatellite loci from the marine gastropod Monetaria caputdraconis (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) by next generation sequencing |
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Caren Vega-Retter1, Matías Briones1 and David Véliz1* |
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1Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Núcleo Milenio de Ecología y Manejo Sustentable de Islas Oceánicas (ESMOI), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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Easter Island possess a unique marine biodiversity. Monetaria caputdraconis is important among these species due to its cultural and economic importance for the islanders. For this reason, a total of 16 microsatellite loci were characterized for this species. The mean number of alleles per locus in the 76 studied individuals was 11.25 (2-20 alleles per locus) and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.08 to 0.88. While none of the loci exhibited significant linkage disequilibrium, 9 showed departures from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The heterozygote deficit observed in M. caputdraconis has been described for other marine invertebrates with planktonic larval development.
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Key words: Easter Island, planktonic development, 454 method |
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