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First insights towards the population genetic structure and the phylogeographic status of the horse mussel (Modiolus barbatus) from the eastern Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Ioannis A. Giantsis ,
Athanasios Exadactylos ,
Konstantinos Feidantsis  and
Basile Michaelidis
Ioannis A. Giantsis
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, 53100, Florina, Greece
Athanasios Exadactylos
Affiliation:
Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, University of Thessaly, 38446, Volos, Greece
Konstantinos Feidantsis
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, School of Biology, University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Basile Michaelidis*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, School of Biology, University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
*
Author for correspondence: B. Michaelidis, E-mail: michaeli@bio.auth.gr
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Abstract

The horse mussel Modiolus barbatus is a marine benthic bivalve, distributed mainly in the Mediterranean basin, that constitutes a fishery product of high economic importance and a promising candidate for aquaculture. The current study provides the first insights regarding the genetic profile of M. barbatus populations from the eastern Mediterranean, by analysis of a partial segment of the mitochondrial COI gene in individuals collected from five sampling localities within the Aegean Sea. To the best of our knowledge, the derived haplotypes represent the first DNA barcodes of M. barbatus from the entire Mediterranean region. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis revealed that M. barbatus from the North Sea and M. barbatus from the eastern Mediterranean may not belong to the same species and as a consequence, there might be three species of the genus Modiolus in Europe. On the other hand, eastern Mediterranean M. barbatus haplotypes were found to be more closely related to the Asian-Pacific Modiolus species. All geographic populations analysed displayed high levels of genetic diversity, in terms of haplotype and nucleotide diversity and a considerable number of unique alleles. Divergence among populations was found at generally low levels, corresponding with the majority of pairwise Fst values not being significant. These findings suggest no population structure and high levels of gene flow, a common feature observed in marine bivalves with long pelagic larval phases.

Keywords

Cytochrome oxidase IDNA barcodingMediterranean SeaModiolus barbatusphylogeographyThermaikos Gulf
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 5 , August 2019 , pp. 1111 - 1118
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2018 

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