Abstract
Sesarmops intermedius, which is designated as an endangered species in Korea, has been severely threatened by habitat destruction and pollution. From this species, we isolated 9 polymorphic microsatellites, which are independent of each other and represent allele frequencies under the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, except for 1 locus. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 7 to 20. The expected and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.77 to 0.96 and from 0.63 to 0.95, respectively. We also examined cross-species amplification of the 9 developed microsatellite loci in 2 other crabs designated as endangered species in Korea and 6 sesarmid crabs, which live in habitats similar to that of S. intermedius. These markers have the potential to contribute to establishing conservation plans for this endangered crab species.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 183-185 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Conservation Genetics Resources |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgments This project was supported by a grant from the Eco-Technopia 21 Project funded by the Ministry of Environment, Korea and a grant from the Marine Biotechnology Programme funded by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of Korean government.
Keywords
- Cross-species amplification
- Microsatellite markers
- Semi-terrestrial crab
- Sesarmops intermedius