Abstract
Here we report the isolation and characterization of 14 polymorphic loci isolated from a partial genomic DNA library of hard shelled mussel (Mytilus coruscus) enriched for CA repeats. We tested variability of these microsatellites on 60 unrelated individuals collected in China. All loci were polymorphic. The average allele number was 19.9 per locus, ranging from 5 to 36. The observed heterozygosity was from 0.39 to 0.85 with an average of 0.69, whereas the average expected heterozygosity was 0.82. Nine of the 14 microsatellites conformed to Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, and inherited independently. These developed microsatellites are a potential powerful tool for studies of population genetics and genome mapping for this important food species.
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