Sea cucumber

Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota

G. Dai, Li, Z. B., Shangguan, J. B., Ning, Y. F., Deng, H. W., Yuan, Y., Huang, Y. S., Yang, H., and Lu, J., “Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota”, vol. 14, pp. 538-541, 2015.

Holothuria leucospilota is a tropical holothurian species that is widely distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical India-Western Pacific Region. Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed from H. leucospilota by using the protocol fast isolation by amplified fragment length polymorphism of sequences containing repeats and tested in 30 individuals from Hainan Island in China. The number of alleles was 2-6 and polymorphism information content ranged from 0.371-0.694.

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra

Z. B. Li, Dai, G., Shangguan, J. B., Ning, Y. F., Li, Y. Y., Chen, R. B., Huang, Y. S., and Yuan, Y., “Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra”, vol. 14, pp. 6529-6532, 2015.

The sea cucumber Holothuria scabra is an endangered species. In this study, nine new polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed and tested in 30 individuals. The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 5, and the observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.1200 to 0.7391 and from 0.2408 to 0.5983, respectively. No loci significantly deviated from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium af­ter a Bonferroni correction, and no significant linkage disequilibrium was found between pairs of loci.

Cloning and expression analysis of Wnt6 and Hox6 during intestinal regeneration in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

L. N. Sun, Yang, H. S., Chen, M. Y., and Xu, D. X., “Cloning and expression analysis of Wnt6 and Hox6 during intestinal regeneration in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus”, vol. 12, pp. 5321-5334, 2013.

Many developmental genes play important roles in regeneration. Here, we cloned the two developmental genes, Wnt6 and Hox6, from Apostichopus japonicus by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The Wnt6 full-length cDNA is 1140 bp long with a 1029-bp open reading frame encoding 342 amino acids. The deduced Wnt6 protein contained a 22-amino acid signal peptide and a 274-amino acid mature peptide.

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