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Microsatellite Variability of the Arctic Rainbow Smelt Osmerusdentex from the White Sea

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We studied the genetic variability of ten microsatellite loci in Arctic rainbow smelt datasets from Kandalaksha and Mezen bays of the White Sea. Average estimates of expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.116 to 0.640 at different loci, with an average of 0.407. Smelt from Kandalaksha Bay is characterized by lower values of genetic diversity (HE = 0.365–0.369, AR = 3.1–3.15) compared to dataset from Mezen Bay (HE = 0.486, AR = 4.02). Significant genetic divergence between the smelt of Kandalaksha and Mezen bays is shown; the overall estimate of genetic differentiation θ = 7.8% with 95% confidence bootstrap interval [2.8–13.6%].

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We thank O.I. Malyutin (Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University) for his help with collection of the materials.

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This study was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-04-00244); the analysis of DNA markers was supported by the project no. 18-016-00033 and State Assignment no. 0112-2019-2 (sub-subject “Ecological and Genetic Structure of the Species”). The purchase of reagents was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (“Scientific Basis of the National Biobank—Depository of Living Systems,” project no. 14-50-00029).

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    A. V. Semenova, A. N. Stroganov & E. V. Ponomareva

  2. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

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Semenova, A.V., Stroganov, A.N., Ponomareva, E.V. et al. Microsatellite Variability of the Arctic Rainbow Smelt Osmerusdentex from the White Sea. Russ J Genet 55, 770–773 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795419060152

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