Journal
CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 121-124Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-014-0308-3
Keywords
Bull shark; Carcharhinus leucas; Microsatellite; Galeocerdo cuvier; Carcharhinus plumbeus; Carcharhinus obscurus
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- Commission of the European Communities (FEDER fund)
- French Government
- Regional Council of Reunion Island
- Commission of the European Communities (FEDER fund)
- French Government
- Regional Council of Reunion Island
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With the development of genetics methods, it becomes possible to study the population structure and some aspects of the reproductive behaviour of endangered sharks. Here we describe the isolation of 20 polymorphic microsatellite markers in the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhinidae) and their characteristics. Two to 10 alleles per locus were detected. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.00 to 0.78 and from 0.05 to 0.80, respectively. Four markers showed deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; among them, three showed presence of null alleles. No linkage disequilibrium was detected among any of the loci. Moreover, four, 11 and 19 of these 20 markers successfully cross-amplified in the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier, the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus and the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus, respectively.
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