Microsatellite primers for Australian recreationally and commercially important estuarine fishes

D G Roberts; C A Gray; D J Ayre

doi:10.1111/jfb.12283

Microsatellite primers for Australian recreationally and commercially important estuarine fishes

J Fish Biol. 2014 Jan;84(1):273-81. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12283.

Authors

D G Roberts¹, C A Gray, D J Ayre

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

PMID: 24383812
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12283

Abstract

Eight primer sets that amplify microsatellite DNA loci were developed for the estuarine fishes, dusky flathead Platycephalus fuscus and sand whiting Sillago ciliata, which are targets of recreational and commercial fishers on the east coast of Australia. Surveys across these loci revealed remarkably similar levels of genetic diversity within samples of c. 22 P. fuscus and S. ciliata from each of the two estuaries. These loci will be useful in determining the genetic stock structure of these two species.

Keywords: Platycephalidae; Sillaginidae; allelic diversity; estuary; gene flow; management unit.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Australia
DNA Primers / genetics*
Estuaries
Genetic Loci
Genetic Variation*
Microsatellite Repeats*
Perciformes / genetics*

Substances

DNA Primers