Journal
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 3246-3250Publisher
FUNPEC-EDITORA
DOI: 10.4238/2011.December.22.2
Keywords
Entosphenus; Lampetra richardsoni; Microsatellite; Pacific lamprey; Petromyzontidae; Western brook lamprey
Funding
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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The Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) is an anadromous fish that is of conservation concern in North America and Asia. Data on Pacific lamprey population structure are scarce and conflicting, impeding conservation efforts. We optimized 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Pacific lamprey. Three to 13 alleles per locus were observed in a sample of 51 fish collected from the West Fork Illinois River, Oregon. Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.235 to 0.902 and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.214 to 0.750. Cross-species amplification produced 8 to 12 polymorphic loci in four other Entosphenus species and in the western brook lamprey (Lampetra richardsoni). Two loci appear to be diagnostic for distinguishing Entosphenus from Lampetra. These markers will be valuable for evaluating population structure and making conservation decisions for E. tridentatus and other lamprey species.
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