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Effects of brooding and broadcasting reproductive modes on the population genetic structure of two Antarctic gastropod molluscs

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Life-history characteristics exert a profound influence upon the population structure of many marine organisms. However, relatively few genetic studies have compared direct with indirect-developing species in the same ecosystem or geographical region, and none to our knowledge within an Antarctic setting. To address this issue, we have collected novel amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) data from the direct-developing top shell Margarella antarctica to form a comparison with previously published data for the broadcast-spawning Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna. We scored 270 loci in 240 M. antarctica individuals sampled from five populations spanning the full length of the Antarctic Peninsula. Profound differences were identified in the strength and pattern of population structure between the two species, consistent with gene flow being highly restricted in M. antarctica relative to N. concinna.

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This manuscript was produced within the BAS Q4 BIOREACH/BIOFLAME core program. Samples were collected during the British Antarctic Survey Peninsula Geneflow cruise in 1999. We thank the dive team, officers and crew of RRS Bransfield for their support in the collection of these samples and the late Martin White for considerable help and support with sample design and logistical aspects. We are also grateful to Peter Fretwell for generating the map of sampling locations. JIH was supported by a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Strategic Alliance Fellowship.

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Hoffman, J.I., Clarke, A., Linse, K. et al. Effects of brooding and broadcasting reproductive modes on the population genetic structure of two Antarctic gastropod molluscs. Mar Biol 158, 287–296 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1558-6

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