Microsatellite multiplex assay for the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster cf. planci
Name:
COTs Microsatellite ConsGenetRes_Final.doc
Size:
49Kb
Format:
Microsoft Word
Description:
Accepted Manuscript
Type
ArticleAuthors
Harrison, Hugo B.
Saenz Agudelo, Pablo
Al-Salamah, Manalle

Messmer, Vanessa
Pratchett, Morgan S.
Berumen, Michael L.

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Date
2015-03-20Online Publication Date
2015-03-20Print Publication Date
2015-09Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/567096
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Population outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) represent one of the most significant biological disturbances on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Here, we combine 15 published and 11 newly isolated polymorphic microsatellite markers from the coral-eating starfish, A. cf. planci and describe their integration into four multiplex PCRs. All markers were polymorphic with a mean of 11.7 ± 1.9 SE alleles per locus and an average observed heterozygosity of 0.619 ± 0.049 SE across 195 genotyped individuals from the Great Barrier Reef. This multiplex assay provides an effective means of investigating the population dynamics of crown-of-thorns starfish and the initiation and spread of population outbreaks.Citation
Microsatellite multiplex assay for the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster cf. planci 2015, 7 (3):627 Conservation Genetics ResourcesPublisher
Springer NatureJournal
Conservation Genetics ResourcesAdditional Links
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12686-015-0462-2ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s12686-015-0462-2