Authors: Michael R Schwemm Anthony A Echelle Ronald A Van Den Bussche Jason D Schooley
Publish Date: 2013/10/05
Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 217-218
Abstract
We describe 13 diploid microsatellite markers for the North American paddlefish Polyodon spathula Polyodontidae a declining species that supports a significant recreational fishery and because of its antiquity is unusually important in the effort to preserve biodiversity We tested these markers on 30 individuals from a mainstream reservoir of the Neosho River in northeastern Oklahoma USA and provide summary statistics on population variability Eleven loci yielded two to six alleles per locus with mean heterozygosities of 0533 observed and 0555 expected These markers contribute to the availability of markers for programs aimed at monitoring and managing the genetic resources of P spathula and related Acipenseriform taxaWe thank personnel of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation ODWC Paddlefish Research Center for assistance with sampling The project was administered by the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Oklahoma State University Funding was provided by the ODWC
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