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  <dc:contributor>Marcus J. Springmann</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Kelsey Shroades</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Robert P. Stone</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Cheryl L. Morrison</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2015</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A suite of tetra-, penta-, and hexa-nucleotide microsatellite loci were developed from Roche 454 pyrosequencing data for the cold-water octocorals &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;Primnoa resedaeformis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;pacifica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Twelve of 98 primer sets tested consistently amplified in 30 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;resedaeformis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; samples from Baltimore Canyon (western North Atlantic Ocean) and in 24 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;pacifica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; samples (Shutter Ridge, eastern Gulf of Alaska). The loci displayed moderate levels of allelic diversity (average 7.5 alleles/locus) and heterozygosity (average 47&amp;nbsp;%). Levels of genetic diversity were sufficient to produce unique multi-locus genotypes and to distinguish species. These common species are long-lived (hundreds of years) and provide essential fish habitat (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;pacifica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;), yet populations are provided little protection from human activities. These loci will be used to determine regional patterns of population connectivity to inform effective marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based fisheries management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1007/s12686-015-0455-1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Springer</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Development of twelve microsatellite loci in the red tree corals &lt;i&gt;Primnoa resedaeformis&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Primnoa pacifica&lt;/i&gt;</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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