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A total of 12 polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci were isolated from the red snow crab, Chionoecetes japonicus (Brachyura: Majidae), one of important fisheries resources in the Far East. The number of alleles observed at each locus ranged from two to 19, with the observed and expected heterozygosities of 0.125–0.875 and 0.156–0.949, respectively, suggesting these loci to be a useful molecular marker for population analysis in this species. Of the 12 loci, seven also were available for genotyping of the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, implying these loci as a useful molecular marker in the genus Chionoecetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We isolated six microsatellite markers from the partial genomic libraries of two Sorex shrews, S. unguiculatus and S. caecutiens, and examined their allelic variation. All loci showed high allelic variation ranging from 15 to 19 alleles and all but one locus conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectations in the species where the loci were isolated. Cross-species amplifications showed that all primers derived from S. unguiculatus were useful for S. caecutiens, while among primer sets derived from S. caecutiens only one was useful for S. unguiculatus. Accordingly, at least five microsatellite markers were useful in S. caecutiens and three in S. unguiculatus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from the partial genomic library of the rhinoceros auklet Cerorhinca monocerata. The heterozygosities observed at the isolated loci using eight primer sets in 46 nestlings from one breeding colony in Japan ranged from 0.311 to 0.773, and all but one locus did not deviate from the Hardy–Weinberg expectations. Cross-species amplification in the tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata was successfully performed using six of the eight primer sets, indicating their applicability to this species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the isolation and chracterization of microsatellite loci in the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis, to assess genetic variability within and among populations of G. japonensis and the other species examined from the East Asia mainland and the Hokkaido Island, Japan. Primer sequences; Repeat array; Number of alleles and heterozygosity of each microsatellite locus.

The article discusses polymorphic microsatellite clones from the grey backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae, which is a species with frequent population fluctuations. The authors refer to a preliminary study on ten voles with five of ten microsatellites that are polymorphic. The study observed eighty one voles with five microsatellite alleles at loci differing in number of repeat units. The results of the four loci that were used to estimate the heterozygosity suggested that the vole population is subject to random mating. According to the authors, inbreeding linked to a gene subject to assertive mating was not amplified with primers used.