Identification of microsatellite repeats in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and Dover sole (Solea solea) using a RAPD-based technique: Characterizationof microsatellite markers in Dover sole

We have used a RAPD-based technique to identify several microsatellite repe ats in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and Dover sole (Solen solen) and repor t the characterization of six novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for Dover sole. These are the first such markers to be developed for this flatf ish species. They exhibit much higher levels of heterozygosity than those p reviously observed with allozyme loci and should prove useful in addressing population genetic questions as well as more fundamental aquaculture-relat ed questions.