Authors: Alixandra Jacobson Sophie Plouviez Andrew David Thaler Cindy Lee Van Dover
Publish Date: 2013/05/14
Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 1005-1007
Abstract
Lamellibrachia sp 2 is a deepsea vestimentiferan tubeworm found at hydrothermal vents on the MidCayman Spreading Center and at hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Barbados Nine selectively neutral and unlinked polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for this species Eight of these loci conformed to Hardy–Weinberg expectations Average observed heterozygosity ranged from 014 to 092 Microsatellites developed for Lamellibrachia sp 2 are being deployed to study connectivity and gene flow among populations of this speciesThis research was supported by NSF award OCE1031050 and NASA ASTEP subcontract through WHOI NNX09AB75G to CLVD We are thankful to the Chief Scientist C German the crew of the R/V Atlantis AT1816 and the crew of the ROV Jason We also acknowledge Mengyou Wu for help with DNA extractions SP ADT CLVD conceived the study SP CLVD collected samples SP and AJ undertook molecular benchwork AJ SP ADT analyzed the data AJ SP ADT and CLVD drafted the manuscript
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