Summary: Molecular Ecology Notes (2004) 4, 497­499 doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00725.x
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PRIMER NOTE
Characterization of microsatellite loci in the dwarf
eelgrass Zostera noltii (Zosteraceae) and cross-reactivity
with Z. japonica
J. A. COYER,* T. B. H. REUSCH, W. T. STAM,* E. A. SERRÃO, G. PEARSON, G. PROCACCINI§ and
J. L. OLSEN*
*Department of Marine Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, 9750 AA Haren, The
Netherlands, Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, August-Thienemann-Strasse, 224306 Plön, Germany, CCMAR -- Center for
Marine Sciences, F.C.M.A., University Algarve, Gambelas, P-8005-139 Faro, Portugal, §Stazione Zoologica, Anton Dohrn,
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos, Punta S. Pietro 80077 Ischia, Napoli, Italy
Abstract
Zostera noltii is an important species of eelgrass occurring along European, north African,
Mediterranean, Black Sea and Azov Sea coasts. Nine microsatellite loci were developed and
no linkage disequilibrium was observed. Cross-amplification was observed for all loci
(polymorphic) in Z. japonica; only four loci amplified (monomorphic) in Z. marina.
Keywords: dwarf eelgrass, microsatellites, seagrasses, Zosteraceae, Zostera noltii
Received 19 April 2004; revision accepted 18 May 2004

Source: Alberto, Filipe - Centro de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade do Algarve
Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division (MCS)

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