Journal
MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 31-35Publisher
NATL CENTRE MARINE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.12681/mms.949
Keywords
Pinna nobilis; conservation genetics; connectivity; Mediterranean
Funding
- MarinERA project 'Shifting'
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT)
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) postdoctoral grant [SFRH/BPD/70689/2010]
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Pinna nobilis is an endemic bivalve of the Mediterranean Sea whose populations have decreased in the last decades due to human pressure; as a consequence, it was declared a protected species in 1992. Despite its conservation status, few genetic studies using mitochondrial markers have been published. We report on the isolation and development of 10 microsatellite loci for the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis. All loci (2 di-nucleotide, 5 tri-nucleotide, 2 tetra-nucleotide and 1 penta-nucleotide) are characterized by high levels of polymorphism in 76 individuals tested from two populations in the Balearic Islands (Spain, Western Mediterranean Sea). The number of alleles ranged from 4 to 24 and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.4269 to 0.9400. These microsatellites could be very useful for the assessment of the genetic diversity and connectivity patterns of Pinna nobilis and the establishment of new conservation strategies.
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