Development of polymorphic microsatellites for the invasive Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi

0497552 - BC 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Brabec, Jan - Scholz, Tomáš - Štefka, Jan
Development of polymorphic microsatellites for the invasive Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi.
Parasitology International. Roč. 67, č. 3 (2018), s. 341-343. ISSN 1383-5769. E-ISSN 1873-0329
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-14198S
Grant - others:GA MŠk(CZ) LM2010005
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Schyzocotyle acheilognathi * Asian fish tapeworm * Bothriocephalus acheilognathi * Asian fish tapeworm * Bothriocephalus acheilognathi * Microsatellite
OECD category: Zoology
Impact factor: 2.017, year: 2018

We describe the development of ready-to-use set of fifteen polymorphic microsatellite markers to benefit future population biology and phylogeographic studies on the invasive Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi. The microsatellite loci were selected from partial Illumina shotgun genome sequences of three parasite specimens and their universality tested on a set of 12 geographically distant populations of the parasite. Particularly low levels of heterozygosity have been detected in the Chinese population pointing towards possible hidden population structure that deserves further attention in future population genetic studies.
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