Abstract
Six candidate gene SNP assays and 12 new microsatellites were developed in the European flounder (Platichthys flesus), in order to provide new tools to (1) further investigate signatures of selection suspected on candidate genes, and (2) better depict the neutral evolutionary background shaping the differentiation of populations. All markers were successfully tested in two populations from contrasted estuaries, and should be helpful to better understand the possible adaptive responses of flounder populations to anthropogenic pressures (e.g. global warming, eutrophication, pollutions), over the whole distribution range of the species.
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This work was supported by the ANR Program VMCS-EVOLFISH (Paris) and the “Laboratoire d’Excellence” LabexMER (ANR-10-LABX-19).
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Pédron, N., Morvezen, R., Le Moan, A. et al. New set of candidate gene SNPs and microsatellites to disentangle selective and neutral processes shaping population responses of European flounder (Platichthys flesus) to anthropogenic stress and contrasted environments. Conservation Genet Resour 7, 823–826 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-015-0492-9
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