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Contemporary nuclear and mitochondrial genetic clines in a north temperate estuarine fish reflect Pleistocene vicariance

2011; Inter-Research; Volume: 438; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps09286

1616-1599

IR Bradbury, MW Coulson, Steven E. Campana, I. G. Paterson, Paul Bentzen,

Isotope Analysis in Ecology

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 438:207-218 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09286 Contemporary nuclear and mitochondrial genetic clines in a north temperate estuarine fish reflect Pleistocene vicariance I. R. Bradbury1,2,*,**, M. W. Coulson2,3,**, S. E. Campana4, I. G. Paterson2, P. Bentzen2 1Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, 80 East White Hills Road, PO Box 5667, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5X1, Canada 2Marine Gene Probe Laboratory, Biology Department, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada 3Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland, Marine Scotland Freshwater Laboratory Faskally, Pitlochry PH8 0RG, UK 4Population Ecology Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada *Email: ibradbur@me.com**The first 2 authors contributed equally to this work ABSTRACT: Contemporary genetic spatial structure in north temperate marine species is likely the culmination of multiple vicariant and dispersive cycles. Here we evaluate spatial genetic structure in an estuarine fish, rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax, from coastal Newfoundland, Canada, using data from both mtDNA (ND5) sequences and nuclear loci (11 microsatellites). Sequence analysis of ND5 identified a previously unrecognized genetic discontinuity between 2 hypo­thesized glacial clades in southeastern Newfoundland. Microsatellite based tests for directional selection identified a locus (Omo11, p < 0.001) that mirrored mtDNA clades in the geographic distribution of its 2 common alleles but did not display elevated differentiation following correction for heterozygosity. Bayesian multilocus clustering of the remaining micro­satellite loci supported the presence of 2 predominant groups, for which the spatial distribution was also largely consistent with those of the mtDNA and Omo11 clades. Taken together, the similarity in microsatellite and mtDNA clines supports the hypothesis that contemporary spatial structure in smelt reflects historical landscape isolation maintained by low dispersal and selective processes producing reinforcement between diverging populations. As genetic structure in northern marine and estuarine spe­cies may be largely determined by historical glacial cycles of vicariance, contemporary estimates of connectivity should be interpreted in the context of both past and present landscape structure. KEY WORDS: Dispersal · Connectivity · Microsatellite · mtDNA · Glacial isolation · Phylogeography · Rainbow smelt Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Bradbury IR, Coulson MW, Campana SE, Paterson IG, Bentzen P (2011) Contemporary nuclear and mitochondrial genetic clines in a north temperate estuarine fish reflect Pleistocene vicariance. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 438:207-218. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09286Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 438. Online publication date: October 05, 2011 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2011 Inter-Research.