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A rapid genetic assay for the identification of the most common Pocillopora damicornis genetic lineages on the Great Barrier Reef

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Torda, G and Schmidt-Roach, S and Peplow, LM and Lundgren, P and van Oppen, MJH, A rapid genetic assay for the identification of the most common Pocillopora damicornis genetic lineages on the Great Barrier Reef, PLoS ONE, 8, (3) Article e58447. ISSN 1932-6203 (2013) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058447

Abstract

Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758; Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) has recently been found to comprise at least five distinct genetic lineages in Eastern Australia, some of which likely represent cryptic species. Due to similar and plastic gross morphology of these lineages, field identification is often difficult. Here we present a quick, cost effective genetic assay as well as three novel microsatellite markers that distinguish the two most common lineages found on the Great Barrier Reef. The assay is based on PCR amplification of two regions within the mitochondrial putative control region, which show consistent and easily identifiable fragment size differences for the two genetic lineages after Alu1 restriction enzyme digestion of the amplicons.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Research Division:Biological Sciences
Research Group:Genetics
Research Field:Genetics not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:Environmental Management
Objective Group:Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Objective Field:Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
UTAS Author:Schmidt-Roach, S (Mr Sebastian Schmidt-Roach)
ID Code:89592
Year Published:2013
Web of Science® Times Cited:21
Deposited By:IMAS Research and Education Centre
Deposited On:2014-03-07
Last Modified:2014-12-10
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