Haliotis midae

New microsatellite markers for the abalone Haliotis midae developed by 454 pyrosequencing and in silico analyses

R. Slabbert, Hepple, J. - A., Rhode, C., Van der Merwe, A. E. Bester-, and Roodt-Wilding, R., New microsatellite markers for the abalone Haliotis midae developed by 454 pyrosequencing and in silico analyses, vol. 11, pp. 2769-2779, 2012.

Farming of Haliotis midae is the most lucrative aquaculture venture in South Africa. The genome of this species needs to be studied to assist in selective breeding programs aimed at increasing overall yield, and molecular markers will be required to attain this goal. We identified and characterized 82 polymorphic microsatellite loci by using repeat-enriched genomic libraries and high-throughput pyrosequencing technology.

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