Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fucus vesiculosus is a brown seaweed dominant on temperate rocky shores of the northern hemisphere and, is typically distributed in the mid-upper intertidal zone. It is an external fertilizer that reproduces sexually, providing an excellent model to address conflicting theories related to mating systems and sexual selection. Microsatellite markers have been reported for several Fucus species, however the genomic libraries from where these markers have been isolated, have originated from two or more species pooled together (F. vesiculosus and F. serratus in one library; F. vesiculosus, F. serratus and Ascophyllum nodosum in a second library), or when the genomic DNA originated from only one species it was from Fucus spiralis. Although these markers cross-amplify F. vesicu

SUBMITTER: Candeias R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369110 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature