scholarly journals Brine chemistry matters: Isolation by environment and by distance explain population genetic structure of Artemia franciscana in saline lakes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Frisch ◽  
Christophe Lejeusne ◽  
Masaki Hayashi ◽  
Mark T. Bidwell ◽  
Javier Sánchez‐Fontenla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Saline Lakes ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Artemia Franciscana ◽  
Isolation By Environment ◽  
Brine Chemistry

scholarly journals Bird migratory flyways influence the phylogeography of the invasive brine shrimp Artemia franciscana in its native American range

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Muñoz ◽  
Francisco Amat ◽  
Andy J Green ◽  
Jordi Figuerola ◽  
Africa Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Brine Shrimp ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Artemia Franciscana ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Mantel Tests

Since Darwin’s time, waterbirds have been considered an important vector for the dispersal of continental aquatic invertebrates. Bird movements have facilitated the worldwide invasion of the American brine shrimp Artemia franciscana, transporting cysts (diapausing eggs), and favouring rapid range expansions from introduction sites. Here we address the impact of bird migratory flyways on the population genetic structure and phylogeography of A. franciscana in its native range in the Americas. We examined the sequence variation for two mitochondrial gene fragments (COI and 16S for a subset of the data) in a large set of population samples representing the entire native range of A. franciscana. Furthermore, we performed Mantel tests and redundancy analyses (RDA) to test the role of flyways, geography and human introductions on the phylogeography and population genetic structure at a continental scale. A. franciscanamitochondrial DNA was very diverse, with two main clades, largely corresponding to Pacific and Atlantic populations, mirroring American bird flyways. There was a high degree of regional endemism, with populations subdivided into at least 12 divergent, geographically restricted and largely allopatric mitochondrial lineages, and high levels of population structure ( Φ ST of 0.92), indicating low ongoing gene flow. We found evidence of human-mediated introductions in nine out of 39 populations analysed. Once these populations were removed, Mantel tests revealed a strong association between genetic variation and geographic distance (i.e., isolation-by-distance pattern). RDA showed that shared bird flyways explained around 20% of the variance in genetic distance between populations and this was highly significant, once geographic distance was controlled for. The variance explained increased to 30% when the factor human introduction was included in the model. Our findings suggest that bird-mediated transport of brine shrimp propagules does not result in substantial ongoing gene flow; instead, it had a significant historical role on the current species phylogeography, facilitating the colonisation of new aquatic environments as they become available along their main migratory flyways.

scholarly journals Bird migratory flyways influence the phylogeography of the invasive brine shrimp Artemia franciscana in its native American range

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Muñoz ◽  
Francisco Amat ◽  
Andy J Green ◽  
Jordi Figuerola ◽  
Africa Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Brine Shrimp ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Artemia Franciscana ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Mantel Tests

Since Darwin’s time, waterbirds have been considered an important vector for the dispersal of continental aquatic invertebrates. Bird movements have facilitated the worldwide invasion of the American brine shrimp Artemia franciscana, transporting cysts (diapausing eggs), and favouring rapid range expansions from introduction sites. Here we address the impact of bird migratory flyways on the population genetic structure and phylogeography of A. franciscana in its native range in the Americas. We examined the sequence variation for two mitochondrial gene fragments (COI and 16S for a subset of the data) in a large set of population samples representing the entire native range of A. franciscana. Furthermore, we performed Mantel tests and redundancy analyses (RDA) to test the role of flyways, geography and human introductions on the phylogeography and population genetic structure at a continental scale. A. franciscanamitochondrial DNA was very diverse, with two main clades, largely corresponding to Pacific and Atlantic populations, mirroring American bird flyways. There was a high degree of regional endemism, with populations subdivided into at least 12 divergent, geographically restricted and largely allopatric mitochondrial lineages, and high levels of population structure ( Φ ST of 0.92), indicating low ongoing gene flow. We found evidence of human-mediated introductions in nine out of 39 populations analysed. Once these populations were removed, Mantel tests revealed a strong association between genetic variation and geographic distance (i.e., isolation-by-distance pattern). RDA showed that shared bird flyways explained around 20% of the variance in genetic distance between populations and this was highly significant, once geographic distance was controlled for. The variance explained increased to 30% when the factor human introduction was included in the model. Our findings suggest that bird-mediated transport of brine shrimp propagules does not result in substantial ongoing gene flow; instead, it had a significant historical role on the current species phylogeography, facilitating the colonisation of new aquatic environments as they become available along their main migratory flyways.

Molecular Population Genetic Structure in the Piping Plover

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark P. Miller ◽  
Susan M. Haig ◽  
Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor ◽  
Thomas D. Mullins
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Piping Plover
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