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Mussel populations in the Kerguelen Islands constitute an excellent model in which to study genetic differentiation, because of the exceptional geographic position of the islands with consequent very low external gene flow, the variety of biotopes that they occupy and their abundance there. Enzyme polymorphism and the electrophoretic variability of some loci have been studied in four populations of Mytilus desolationis Lamy 1936 and in four other populations of Aulacomya ater regia Powell 1957. In both species 67% of the loci were polymorphic. The electrophoretic variability of ACP-2, LAP-1, LAP-2, PGI and PGM in M. desolationis populations, and of ACP-2, LAP-1, LAP-2 and MDH in A. ater regia populations was analyzed by correspondence analysis. For M. desolationis the four populations studied were found to be heterogeneous; four loci contribute clearly to this differentiation. The populations from sheltered and exposed areas were distinguishable on the basis of the allelic frequencies of LAP-1 and LAP-2. The allelic frequencies of PGI and PGM allow further differentiation of the populations. For A. ater regia the four populations studied were distinguishable on the basis of the allele frequencies of ACP-2 and LAP-1 and the differences could not actually be related to their environmental conditions.
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Blot, M., Soyer, J. & Thiriot-Quievreux, C. Preliminary data on the genetic differentiation of Mytilus desolationis Lamy 1936 and Aulacomya ater regia Powell 1957 (Bivalvia, mytilidae) in the Kerguelen Islands (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises). Polar Biol 7, 1–9 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286818
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