Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers For the Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Authors

Luca Antoni, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow
Patricia L. Luque, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow
Kaylie Naghshpour, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Eric A. Saillant, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

9-1-2014

Department

Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

School

Ocean Science and Engineering

Abstract

The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a warm water tuna of conservation concern related to recent declines in abundance reported in various parts of its range. In this work, 24 new microsatellites markers were developed for this species using Illumina paired-end sequencing and a direct ‘Seq-to-SSR’ approach. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 4 to 29 and estimates of expected heterozygosity were from 0.473 to 0.948 (n = 35). Genotype frequencies at 8 of the microsatellites departed significantly from Hardy–Weinberg expectations, possibly reflecting occurrence of null alleles. The remaining 16 loci will be valuable to conservation genetics studies of yellowfin tuna.

Publication Title

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volume

6

Issue

3

First Page

609

Last Page

611

Recommended Citation

Antoni, L., Luque, P., Naghshpour, K., Saillant, E. (2014). Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers For the Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares). Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(3), 609-611.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/20111