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Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
Many marine species have widespread geographic ranges derived from their evolutionary and ecological history particularly their modes of dispersal. Seagrass (marine angiosperm) species have ranges that are unusually widespread, which is not unexpected following recent reviews of reproductive strateg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30377516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4443 |
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author | van Dijk, Kor‐jent Bricker, Eric van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I. Waycott, Michelle |
author_facet | van Dijk, Kor‐jent Bricker, Eric van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I. Waycott, Michelle |
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description | Many marine species have widespread geographic ranges derived from their evolutionary and ecological history particularly their modes of dispersal. Seagrass (marine angiosperm) species have ranges that are unusually widespread, which is not unexpected following recent reviews of reproductive strategies demonstrating the potential for long‐distance dispersal combined with longevity through clonality. An exemplar of these dual biological features is turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) which is an ecologically important species throughout the tropical Atlantic region. Turtle grass has been documented to have long‐distance dispersal via floating fruits and also extreme clonality and longevity. We hypothesize that across its range, Thalassia testudinum will have very limited regional population structure due to these characteristics and under typical models of population structure would expect to detect high levels of genetic connectivity. There are very few studies of range‐wide genetic connectivity documented for seagrasses or other sessile marine species. This study presents a population genetic dataset that represents a geographic area exceeding 14,000 km(2). Population genetic diversity was evaluated from 32 Thalassia testudinum populations sampled across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Genotypes were based on nine microsatellites, and haplotypes were based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Very limited phylogeographic signal from cpDNA reduced the potential comparative analyses possible. Multiple analytical clustering approaches on population genetic data revealed two significant genetic partitions: (a) the Caribbean and (b) the Gulf of Mexico. Genetic diversity was high (H (E) = 0.641), and isolation by distance was significant; gene flow and migration estimates across the entire range were however modest, we suggest that the frequency of successful recruitment across the range is uncommon. Thalassia testudinum maintains genetic diversity across its entire distribution range. The genetic split may be explained by genetic drift during recolonization from refugia following relatively recent reduction in available habitat such as the last glacial maxima. |
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spelling | pubmed-61942532018-10-30 Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum van Dijk, Kor‐jent Bricker, Eric van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I. Waycott, Michelle Ecol Evol Original Research Many marine species have widespread geographic ranges derived from their evolutionary and ecological history particularly their modes of dispersal. Seagrass (marine angiosperm) species have ranges that are unusually widespread, which is not unexpected following recent reviews of reproductive strategies demonstrating the potential for long‐distance dispersal combined with longevity through clonality. An exemplar of these dual biological features is turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) which is an ecologically important species throughout the tropical Atlantic region. Turtle grass has been documented to have long‐distance dispersal via floating fruits and also extreme clonality and longevity. We hypothesize that across its range, Thalassia testudinum will have very limited regional population structure due to these characteristics and under typical models of population structure would expect to detect high levels of genetic connectivity. There are very few studies of range‐wide genetic connectivity documented for seagrasses or other sessile marine species. This study presents a population genetic dataset that represents a geographic area exceeding 14,000 km(2). Population genetic diversity was evaluated from 32 Thalassia testudinum populations sampled across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Genotypes were based on nine microsatellites, and haplotypes were based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Very limited phylogeographic signal from cpDNA reduced the potential comparative analyses possible. Multiple analytical clustering approaches on population genetic data revealed two significant genetic partitions: (a) the Caribbean and (b) the Gulf of Mexico. Genetic diversity was high (H (E) = 0.641), and isolation by distance was significant; gene flow and migration estimates across the entire range were however modest, we suggest that the frequency of successful recruitment across the range is uncommon. Thalassia testudinum maintains genetic diversity across its entire distribution range. The genetic split may be explained by genetic drift during recolonization from refugia following relatively recent reduction in available habitat such as the last glacial maxima. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6194253/ /pubmed/30377516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4443 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research van Dijk, Kor‐jent Bricker, Eric van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I. Waycott, Michelle Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum |
title | Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
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title_full | Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
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title_fullStr | Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
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title_full_unstemmed | Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
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title_short | Range‐wide population genetic structure of the Caribbean marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
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title_sort | range‐wide population genetic structure of the caribbean marine angiosperm thalassia testudinum |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30377516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4443 |
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