The Search of Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Sebastes taczanowskii Steindachner, 1880 (Sebastidae)

AbstractThe white-edged rockfish Sebastes taczanowskii Steindachner, 1880 is a marine viviparous teleost, which plays a substantial role in the functioning of subtidal fish communities and is an important recreational fishery species [2]. The biology of S. taczanowskii has been well studied; however, there is no information about the population structure of the species. The aim of our study was to evaluate the available data on microsatellite loci from closely related species of the genus Sebastes, assess the intra-species polymorphism, and select the most informative loci for further analysis. We screened 19 microsatellite loci, of which only 5 could be used to analyze the genetic variability in S. taczanowskii.