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Genetic diversity hotspot of the amphi-Pacific macroalga Gloiopeltis furcata sensu lato (Gigartinales, Florideophyceae)

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Genetic diversity patterns around the North Pacific received attention for marine organisms and have been used to infer biodiversity “hotspots” in the region. We conducted a phylogeographic study of the red alga Gloiopeltis furcata, investigating cryptic species diversity and comparing population genetic structure in the north Pacific. A phylogenetic tree and haplotype networks were constructed on the basis of 201 mitochondrial COI-5P sequences and 149 plastid rbcL sequences from G. furcata specimens. Eight distinct cryptic lineages (A–H) were identified within G. furcata. These lineages showed high genetic diversity and complex geographic distributions. All eight lineages of G. furcata sensu lato were present in the NW Pacific; however, only a single lineage (A) was present in the NE Pacific, suggesting that the NW Pacific is a center of genetic diversity for G. furcata sensu lato. Habitat discontinuities of G. furcata sensu lato in the high rocky intertidal zone may have been responsible for the high level of genetic differentiation of G. furcata sensu lato in the NW Pacific by impeding genetic exchange between adjacent populations. Our phylogenetic diversity suggests that the NW Pacific, especially Jeju Island, was a genetic diversity hotspot involving species diversity of Gloiopeltis.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. G. W. Saunders, Dr. Olga Selivanova and Dr. Zhong-Min Sun for providing samples from Canada, Kamchatka and China, and all members of the molecular phylogeny team of the marine algal laboratory at Jeju National University.

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This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (2017R1A2B4009420), Basic Science Research Program funded by the Ministry of Education (2019R1A6A1A10072987) of the Republic of Korea, and the 2019 scientific promotion program funded by Jeju National University.

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Yang, M.Y., Yang, E.C. & Kim, M.S. Genetic diversity hotspot of the amphi-Pacific macroalga Gloiopeltis furcata sensu lato (Gigartinales, Florideophyceae). J Appl Phycol 32, 2515–2522 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-019-02017-y

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