Population structure of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) in northern Europe: a comparison of resolving power between microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA data
Hoarau, G.; Piquet, A.M.-T.; van der Veer, H.W.; Rijnsdorp, A.D.; Stam, W.T.; Olsen, J.L. (2004). Population structure of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) in northern Europe: a comparison of resolving power between microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA data. J. Sea Res. 51(3-4): 183-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2003.12.002 In: Journal of Sea Research. Elsevier/Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Amsterdam; Den Burg. ISSN 1385-1101; e-ISSN 1873-1414, more Also appears in:Geffen, A.J.; Nash, R.D.M.; van der Veer, H.W. (Ed.) (2004). Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology, Part II. Port Erin, Isle of Man, 3-7 November 2002. Journal of Sea Research, 51(3-4). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 167-338 pp., more |  |
| Keywords | Acids > Organic compounds > Organic acids > Nucleic acids > DNA
Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
Cell constituents > Cell organelles > Mitochondria
Fishes > Osteichthyes > Pleuronectiformes > Pleuronectidae > Pleuronectes > Plaice
Genetic diversity
Microsatellites
Nucleic compounds > Nucleic acids > Dna > Mitochondrial dna
Nucleic compounds > Nucleic acids > Dna > Satellite dna > Microsatellites
Population characteristics > Population structure
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
ANE, Europe, Northwest [Marine Regions]; ANE, Iceland [Marine Regions]; PNE, Russia, White Sea [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | plaice; Pleuronectes platessa; geographic population structure; geneticdiversity; mitochondrial DNA; microsatellites; SSCP |
| Authors | | Top | - Hoarau, G.
- Piquet, A.M.-T.
- van der Veer, H.W.
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| Abstract | We used Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) of mtDNA control region to assess the population structure of the flatfish Pleuronectes platessa (plaice), to compare these data with a previous study based on microsatellite loci, and to test for possible sex-biased dispersal. From 461 individuals, 163 haplotypes were identified across 11 locations. Diversity was higher with mtDNA (h =0.776 to 0.981; π= 0.0178 to 0.0298) as compared to microsatellite loci using the same samples (He = 0.721 to 0.77). Genetic diversity was lower in samples from Iceland and Faroe, as compared to the continental shelf samples. Although both classes of markers revealed a relatively strong differentiation between shelf and off-shelf populations (q = 0.1015 and q = 0.0351, respectively), only the mtDNA data were able to detect differentiation within the continental shelf, i.e., a North Sea-Irish Sea group which was weakly distinguishable from Norway (q = 0.0046), the Baltic (q = 0.0136) and the Bay of Biscay (q = 0.0162). No evidence was obtained for isolation by distance, nor for sex-biased dispersal. This study demonstrates the importance of using more than one class of markers, especially for species such as plaice, with large populations, high dispersal and recent colonisation histories. |
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