Isolation and characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite markers in a mouth-brooding haplochromine cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae) from Uganda

Erika Crispo¹, Cris Hagen², Travis Glenn², Geneviève Geneau³, and Lauren J. Chapman¹

¹Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Québec, Canada,
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²Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, 29802, USA
³Génome Québec Innovation Centre, McGill University, 740 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1A4

Abstract: Eight tetranucleotide microsatellite loci were isolated from the haplochromine cichlid fish, Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae, an important model species for studies in respiratory ecology, conservation, and evolution. We surveyed variation at these loci in 23 individuals from western Uganda, finding four to 19 alleles per locus and an average expected heterozygosity of 0.8575. These microsatellite loci will be used to examine gene flow and population structure in Ugandan P. m. victoriae.