Abstract
Species in the genus Bathymodiolus are mytilid mussels found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Next-generation sequencing techniques were employed to identify eighteen unlinked polymorphic microsatellite loci for Bathymodiolus manusensis from Manus Basin in the western Pacific. Allele frequencies for eight loci conform to Hardy-Weinberg expectations and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.04 to 0.90 (mean H O = 0.45, SD = 0.25). Ten of eighteen loci cross-amplified in Bathymodiolus heckerae from Atlantic seeps. Microsatellites developed for Bathymodiolus manusensis are being deployed to study connectivity among populations of this species colonizing geographically discrete back-arc basin vent systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25-27 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Conservation Genetics Resources |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Jul 2010 |
Keywords
- Back-arc basin
- Bathymodiolus
- Chemoautotrophic
- Hydrothermal vent
- Microsatellite
- Mytilid mussel
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Genetics