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Wild and aquaculture populations of the eastern oyster compared using microsatellites.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Carlsson Jens, Morrison Cheryl L, Reece Kimberly S
Abstract excerpt
Five new microsatellite markers were developed for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), and allelic variability was compared between a wild Chesapeake Bay population (James River) and a hatchery strain (DEBY). All loci amplified readily and demonstrated allelic variability with the number of alleles ranging from 16 to 36 in the wild population and from 11 to 19 in the DEBY strain. Average observed and...
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