01159nas a2200157   4500008004100000245012800041210006900169260000800238300001200246490000600258520064100264100002300905700002100928700001800949856003400967       2008                        eng d00aMicrosatellite development suggests evidence of polyploidy in the social sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Zuzalpheus brooksi0 aMicrosatellite development suggests evidence of polyploidy in th  cJul  a890-8940 v83 aWe isolated and characterized 33 novel, polymorphic microsatellite loci from the social sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Zuzalpheus brooksi. We screened all 33 loci in approximately 31 individuals from a population of Z. brooksi from the Florida Keys, USA and found an average of 16 alleles per locus. Approximately 25% of the loci showed more than two bands per individual, suggesting evidence of high gene duplication, or more likely, polyploidy, which is common in crustaceans. The 25 disomic loci had an observed heterozygosity of 0.57 (range = 0.03-1.00) and will be useful for studying the social organization in Zuzalpheus shrimp.1 aRubenstein, D., R.1 aMcCleery, B., V.1 aDuffy, J., E.  u<Go to ISI>://000257511600043