New microsatellites primers for plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L. (Teleostei Pleuronectidae)

Seven microsatellite loci were developed for Pleuronectes platessa, a commercially important flatfish found throughout northern European waters. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 11 to 33 and heterozygosities from 0.74 to 0.96. Cross-reactivity was tested against six other flatfish species. Significant amplification was found in all species from one to all seven of the loci.