SREL Reprint #3318

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo

Kimberly A. Price1,2, Jason R. O’Bryhim1, Kenneth L. Jones3, and Stacey L. Lance1

1Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
2Department of Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30904, USA
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of
Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA

Abstract: We isolated and characterized a total of 22 microsatellite loci from Sphyrna tiburo. Loci were screened in 24 individuals from St. Catherine’s Island, Georgia. These new loci will provide tools for determining population changes in this species that could have direct economic and ecological impacts on lower trophic species.

Keywords: Sphyrna tiburo, Illumina, Microsatellite, PCR primers

SREL Reprint #3318

Price, K. A., J. R. O'Bryhim, K. L. Jones, and S. L. Lance. 2015. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo. Conservation Genetics Resources 7(1): 69-71.

This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).