Genetics and Molecular Biology (Jan 2011)

Genetic characterization of 18 novel microsatellite loci in northern pike (Esox lucius L.)

  • Jun Wang,
  • Chenghui Wang,
  • Long Qian,
  • Yuqing Ma,
  • Xinxin Yang,
  • Zsigmond Jeney,
  • Sifa Li

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 1
pp. 169 – 172

Abstract

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The northern pike (Esox lucius L.), an important predatory freshwater species, is undergoing significant population decline. In this study, 18 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and used for assessing genetic variation in the Chinese Ulungur and Hungarian Balaton populations of the species. The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 13, observed heterozygosity from 0.154 to 0.920 and expected heterozygosity from 0.145 to 0.921, thereby indicating the specific usefulness of these suites of markers for investigating genetic variability.

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