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Regional patterns of microsatellite variation in Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Iberian Peninsula

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The Almería-Oran Oceanographic Front (AOOF) has been proposed as an effective marine barrier to gene flow between the NE Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea for several species. Previous studies using allozymes and mitochondrial DNA have reported a scenario of secondary intergradation between populations of Mytilus galloprovincialis from those basins, with the allelic frequencies of some loci showing abrupt clinal patterns across the AOOF. In this study, we aimed at testing the congruence between six neutral polymorphic microsatellites versus previous data on allozymes and mtDNA-RFLPs, at depicting the population structure of this species in the Iberian Peninsula. Microsatellite genotyping was scored on 17 samples of mussels collected in the Iberian coast, including some areas not sampled before. Microsatellites exhibited larger intrabasin diversity (FSC = 1.72%, \( \overline{H} _{{\text{E}}} \pm {\text{SD}} = 0.772 \pm 0.154 \)), similar interbasin differentiation (FCT = 2.81%) and fewer allelic clines than allozymes or mtDNA haplotypes. These results fully support the scenario of secondary intergradation with some ongoing gene flow between basins, as proposed in previous analyses. Moreover, this congruence between markers and analyses separated by a 12-year period (1988–2000) confirm the temporal stability of this marine barrier at shaping the Iberian phylogeographic break in M. galloprovincialis. In addition, the genetic continuity between the NE Atlantic (Portugal) and the Alboran Sea seems to be warranted across the Gulf of Cadiz and the Gibraltar strait after the present microsatellite data.

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Acknowledgments

Authors are grateful to M. Pérez and A. Seoane for their experimental help, to D.O.F. Skibinski, E. Da Silva, and four anonymous referees, for their valuable comments on a previous draft. This study has been supported by grant BIO2001/3659 from Ministerio Español de Ciencia y Tecnología, with funds from FEDER (70%) and PGE (30%). A.P. Diz was supported by a grant from Xunta de Galicia, devoted to the improvement of molecular methods for the genetic management of M. galloprovincialis. All the experiments made comply with the current Spanish laws.

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Allele frequencies for six Mytilus galloprovincialis microsatellites assayed in 17 mussel populations of the Iberian Peninsula (DOC 427 kb)

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Diversity parameters for six microsatellite loci analyzed in M. galloprovincialis from the Iberian Peninsula (DOC 205 kb)

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Pairwise FST values between Iberian populations of Mytilus galloprovincialis. Sample codes are indicated in table 1. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, corrected with Bonferroni secuencial test (DOC 64 kb)

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Diz, A.P., Presa, P. Regional patterns of microsatellite variation in Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Iberian Peninsula. Mar Biol 154, 277–286 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-0921-3

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