Novel microsatellite markers suggest significant genetic isolation in the Eastern Pacific sponge Aplysina gerardogreeni.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) harbors a great diversity of Porifera. In particular, the Aplysina genus has acquired biotechnological and pharmacological importance. Nevertheless, the ecological aspects of their species and populations have been poorly studied. Aplysina gerardogreeni is the most conspicuous verongid sponge from the ETP, where it is usually found on rocky-coralline ecosystems. We evaluated the polymorphism levels of 18 microsatellites obtained from next-generation sequencing technologies. Furthermore, we tested the null hypothesis of panmixia in A. gerardogreeni population from two Mexican-Pacific localities.

Methods and results

A total of 6,128,000 paired reads were processed of which primer sets of 18 microsatellites were designed. The loci w

SUBMITTER: Salas-Castaneda MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10771372 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature