Identification of 246 microsatellites in the Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea)

Asiatic clam ( Corbicula fluminea ) is one of the most invasive freshwater bivalves. Despite the ecologic and economic impacts of this species, there are only a few polymorphic microsatellites. In this study, we screened the genome from C. fluminea in search of microsatellite markers using massive p...

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Published in:Conservation genetics resources 2015-06, Vol.7 (2), p.393-395
Main Authors: Peñarrubia, Luis, Araguas, Rosa-Maria, Pla, Carles, Sanz, Nuria, Viñas, Jordi, Vidal, Oriol
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Corbicula fluminea
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetic markers
Genomes
Life Sciences
Microsatellite Letters
Microsatellites
Plant Genetics and Genomics
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Summary:Asiatic clam ( Corbicula fluminea ) is one of the most invasive freshwater bivalves. Despite the ecologic and economic impacts of this species, there are only a few polymorphic microsatellites. In this study, we screened the genome from C. fluminea in search of microsatellite markers using massive parallel sequencing. We identified 246 new microsatellites involving di-, tri-, tetra- and pentanucleotide single repeats and different compound microsatellites, and we used a validation protocol to characterize a sample of those. Nine of them presented two or more alleles indicating a low level of variability.
ISSN:1877-7252
1877-7260
DOI:10.1007/s12686-014-0378-2