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Development of ten microsatellite loci in the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822

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A suite of tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci were developed for the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822, from Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing data. Ten of the 96 primer sets tested amplified consistently in 30 snails from Miami, Florida, plus 12 individuals representative of their native East Africa, Indian and Pacific Ocean regions. The loci displayed moderate levels of allelic diversity (average 5.6 alleles/locus) and heterozygosity (average 42 %). Levels of genetic diversity were sufficient to produce unique multi-locus genotypes and detect phylogeographic structuring among regional samples. The invasive A. fulica can cause extensive damage to important food crops and natural resources, including native flora and fauna. The loci characterized here will be useful for determining the origins and tracking the spread of invasions, detecting fine-scale spatial structuring and estimating demographic parameters.

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Funding provided by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, Invasive Species Program, and Sharon Gross. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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  1. United States Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV, USA

    C. L. Morrison, M. J. Springmann & D. D. Iwanowicz

  2. School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

    C. M. Wade

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Morrison, C.L., Springmann, M.J., Iwanowicz, D.D. et al. Development of ten microsatellite loci in the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822. Conservation Genet Resour 7, 201–202 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-014-0332-3

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