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Genetic structure in native and non-native populations of the direct-developing gastropod Crepidula convexa

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In many marine invertebrate species, larval development plays an important role in population connectivity and gene flow: species with direct benthic development generally show more genetic structure than those with planktonic development. We used nuclear markers (microsatellites) to determine population genetic structure of the direct-developing snail Crepidula convexa (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) in seven populations with 15–85 individuals each within its native range of the northwest Atlantic and compared it to Crepidula fornicata, a congener with planktonic development. Our results are consistent with general expectations and previous work in these species with other markers: C. convexa had greater population structure and even at a regional scale shows significant isolation-by-distance, in contrast to C. fornicata. We also genotyped a single population of C. convexa introduced to the northeastern Pacific to investigate the prediction of reduced genetic diversity following introduction (founder effect). We did not find a reduction in genetic diversity, suggesting that this non-native population may be characterized by multiple introductions. This pattern is consistent with many other introduced populations of marine invertebrates, including C. fornicata.

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Acknowledgments

We thank R. Allee, Z. Siegrist, J. Browne, J. Pechenik, P. Gaffney, R. Mann, and D. McGlashan for advice about collection sites or sample collection and the staff of the BioGenouest sequencing platform at the Station Biologique de Roscoff, C. Daguin-Thiebaut, and S. Mauger for technical assistance. J. Levinton, D. Padilla, D. Futuyma, W. Eanes, S. Koury, and the Padilla lab group provided useful comments on the project and manuscript. The work was supported by the American Malacological Society Melbourne R. Carriker Student Research Grant, the National Science Foundation International Research Experience for Students to A.E.C. for work in the team Diversity and Connectivity in Coastal Marine Landscapes in Roscoff, the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (project MIRAGE; no. ANR-05-BLAN-0001), and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to A.E.C.

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  1. Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-5245, USA

    Abigail E. Cahill

  2. CNRS, UMR 7144, Team Div&Co, Lab. Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29682, Roscoff, France

    Frédérique Viard

  3. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7144, 29682, Roscoff, France

    Frédérique Viard

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Cahill, A.E., Viard, F. Genetic structure in native and non-native populations of the direct-developing gastropod Crepidula convexa . Mar Biol 161, 2433–2443 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2519-2

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