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Summary: Molecular Ecology Resources (2008) doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02406.x
© 2008 The Authors
Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES
Expressed sequence tag-derived polymorphic SSR markers
for Fucus serratus and amplification in other species of Fucus
J. A. COYER,* G. HOARAU,* B. BESZTERI, G. PEARSON and J. L. OLSEN*
*Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Biological Centre, University
of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands, Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570
Bremerhaven, Germany, CCMAR-CIMAR, F.C.M.A., University of Algarve, Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Abstract
The seaweed genus Fucus is a dominant component of intertidal shores throughout the North
Atlantic and North Pacific and has been the focus of considerable developmental, ecological,
and evolutionary research for the past century. Here, we present details of 21 expressed
sequence tag-derived simple sequence repeat markers (microsatellites). All 21 were poly-
morphic for F. serratus, which also display considerable cross-reactivity with the sister
species F. distichus (18) and the more distantly related F. vesiculosus (13), and F. spiralis (5).
Keywords: brown algae, Fucus, Heterokonts, seaweed
Received 2 May 2008; revision accepted 3 June 2008
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