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Dams have the potential to affect population size and connectivity, reduce genetic diversity, and increase genetic differences among isolated riverine fish populations. Previous research has reported adverse effects on the distribution and demographics of black redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnei), a threatened fish species in Canada. However, effects on genetic diversity and population structure are unknown. We used microsatellite DNA markers to assess the number of genetic populations in the Grand River (Ontario) and to test whether dams have resulted in a loss of genetic diversity and increased genetic differentiation among populations. Three hundred and seventy-seven individuals from eight Grand River sites were genotyped at eight microsatellite loci. Measures of genetic diversity were moderately high and not significantly different among populations; strong evidence of recent population bottlenecks was not detected. Pairwise FST and exact tests identified weak (global FST = 0.011) but statistically significant population structure, although little population structuring was detected using either genetic distances or an individual-based clustering method. Neither geographic distance nor the number of intervening dams were correlated with pairwise differences among populations. Tests for regional equilibrium indicate that Grand River populations were either in equilibrium between gene flow and genetic drift or that gene flow is more influential than drift. While studies on other species have identified strong dam-related effects on genetic diversity and population structure, this study suggests that barrier permeability, river fragment length and the ecological characteristics of affected species can counterbalance dam-related effects.  相似文献   

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The Bliss Rapids Snail (Taylorconcha serpenticola) is a threatenedspecies that ranges along a short reach of the middle SnakeRiver in southern Idaho. Additional Taylorconcha populationsof uncertain taxonomic status have recently been discoveredin other portions of the Snake River basin (Owyhee River, lowerSnake River). We investigated the phylogenetic relationshipsand population structure of these snails, together with twooutgroups, using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of mitochondrialDNA and the first internal transcribed spacer region betweenthe 18S and 5.8S ribosomal DNA. These data show no sharing ofhaplotypes or genotypes among T. serpenticola and the Owyhee-LowerSnake populations, with both depicted as monophyletic unitswithin the Taylorconcha clade. Both of these datasets and morphologicalevidence suggest that the Owyhee-Lower Snake populations area distinct species, which we describe herein (T. insperata newspecies). Application of an available COI molecular clock suggeststhat Taylorconcha arose in the late Miocene, when ancestralSnake River drainage was impounded in an extensive lacustrinesystem (‘Lake Idaho’) in western Idaho. The shallowpopulation structuring of T. insperata suggests that the lowerSnake River was only recently colonized subsequent to incisionof Hells Canyon, draining of Lake Idaho, and development ofa through-going river in the late Neogene. The absence of significantgenetic structure in T. serpenticola, which is attributed tothe unstable course and flow regime of the middle Snake Riverduring the Quaternary, suggests that this species can be treatedas a single management unit. (Received 14 July 2005; accepted 23 September 2005)  相似文献   

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Twenty-five populations of westslope cutthroat trout from throughout their native range were genotyped at 20 microsatellite loci to describe the genetic structure of westslope cutthroat trout. The most genetic diversity (heterozygosity, allelic richness, and private alleles) existed in populations from the Snake River drainage, while populations from the Missouri River drainage had the least. Neighbor-joining trees grouped populations according to major river drainages. A great amount of genetic differentiation was present among and within all drainages. Based on Nei’s D S , populations in the Snake River were the most differentiated, while populations in the Missouri River were the least. This pattern of differentiation is consistent with a history of sequential founding events through which westslope cutthroat trout may have experienced a genetic bottleneck as they colonized each river basin from the Snake to the Clark Fork to the Missouri river. These data should serve as a starting point for a discussion on management units and possible distinct population segments. Given the current threats to the persistence of westslope cutthroat trout, and the substantial genetic differentiation between populations, these topics warrant attention.  相似文献   

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Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique was used to assess genetic variation and population structuring of Coreoleuciscus splendidus (Teleostei; Cypriniformes) from four major river drainage systems in South Korea (i.e. the Han and Geum Rivers belonging to the West Korea Subdistrict and the Seomjin and Nakdong Rivers belonging to the South Korea Subdistrict). Four combinations of selective primers generated 152–186 DNA fragments, of which 45–59 were polymorphic. The Geum River population had the lowest genetic variation in terms of average heterozygosity. The pairwise genetic differentiation (F ST) estimates showed that the four populations of C. splendidus were genetically differentiated (P < 0.05). The F ST values were higher between population groups of the West and South Subdistricts than between populations from the two river systems within each subdistrict. A dendrogram based on the distance matrix revealed that all C. splendidus individuals bifurcated into two subdistrict population groups and were further divided into two river populations within each subdistrict. Individuals from each population consistently clustered together with high statistical support. The analysis of molecular variance after partitioning of C. splendidus populations into two groups (i.e. the West and South Korea Subdistricts) revealed very strong geographic structuring between them with 74.01% of total variance (P < 0.001). Taken together, the AFLP markers clearly distinguished not only between two population groups of the West and South Subdistricts but also between populations from two river systems within each subdistrict. Morphological differences between the two subdistrict population groups in body color and the presence of black array(s) on dorsal, anal, and caudal fin rays agreed with their high degree of genetic variation. Our findings strongly indicate that restricted dispersal and gene flow are apparent among four geographically separate populations of C. splendidus, and each population should be treated as an evolutionarily significant unit; this should be an a priori consideration for developing their conservation strategies.  相似文献   

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Archival scales from 603 sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), sampled from May to July 1924 in the lower Columbia River, were analysed for genetic variability at 12 microsatellite loci and compared to 17 present‐day O. nerka populations—exhibiting either anadromous (sockeye salmon) or nonanadromous (kokanee) life histories—from throughout the Columbia River Basin, including areas upstream of impassable dams built subsequent to 1924. Statistical analyses identified four major genetic assemblages of sockeye salmon in the 1924 samples. Two of these putative historical groupings were found to be genetically similar to extant evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) in the Okanogan and Wenatchee Rivers (pairwise FST = 0.004 and 0.002, respectively), and assignment tests were able to allocate 77% of the fish in these two historical groupings to the contemporary Okanogan River and Lake Wenatchee ESUs. A third historical genetic grouping was most closely aligned with contemporary sockeye salmon in Redfish Lake, Idaho, although the association was less robust (pairwise FST = 0.060). However, a fourth genetic grouping did not appear to be related to any contemporary sockeye salmon or kokanee population, assigned poorly to the O. nerka baseline, and had distinctive early return migration timing, suggesting that this group represents a historical ESU originating in headwater lakes in British Columbia that was probably extirpated sometime after 1924. The lack of a contemporary O. nerka population possessing the genetic legacy of this extinct ESU indicates that efforts to reestablish early‐migrating sockeye salmon to the headwater lakes region of the Columbia River will be difficult.  相似文献   

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Landscape features often shape patterns of gene flow and genetic differentiation in plant species. Populations that are small and isolated enough also become subject to genetic drift. We examined patterns of gene flow and differentiation among 12 floodplain populations of the selfing annual jewelweed (Impatiens capensis Meerb.) nested within four river systems and two major watersheds in Wisconsin, USA. Floodplain forests and marshes provide a model system for assessing the effects of habitat fragmentation within agricultural/urban landscapes and for testing whether rivers act to genetically connect dispersed populations. We generated a panel of 12,856 single nucleotide polymorphisms and assessed genetic diversity, differentiation, gene flow, and drift. Clustering methods revealed strong population genetic structure with limited admixture and highly differentiated populations (mean multilocus FST = 0.32, FST’ = 0.33). No signals of isolation by geographic distance or environment emerged, but alleles may flow along rivers given that genetic differentiation increased with river distance. Differentiation also increased in populations with fewer private alleles (R2 = 0.51) and higher local inbreeding (R2 = 0.22). Populations varied greatly in levels of local inbreeding (FIS = 0.2–0.9) and FIS increased in more isolated populations. These results suggest that genetic drift dominates other forces in structuring these Impatiens populations. In rapidly changing environments, species must migrate or genetically adapt. Habitat fragmentation limits both processes, potentially compromising the ability of species to persist in fragmented landscapes.  相似文献   

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The genetic variation within four Labeobarbus polylepis populations from both river and dam environments in the Limpopo, Incomati and Phongolo River systems was studied. Gene products of 22 enzyme-coding loci were resolved using horizontal starch gel electrophoresis. Fourteen (64%) of the 22 loci were monoallelic in all populations. Levels of polymorphism (P0.95) ranged between 9.1% and 22.7%. The heterozygosity varied from 0.028 for the Westoe Dam population (Phongolo River system) to 0.093 in the Spekboom River population (Limpopo River system). The genetic distance, FST and NEM values, as well as pair-wise contingency χ2 analyses indicate a lack of gene flow between populations, as expected for isolated fish. Evidence of foreign genetic material in one population was also observed.  相似文献   

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1. The aquatic snail Valvata utahensis (Gastropoda: Valvatidae) is a federally endangered aquatic mollusk known only from the Snake River in southern Idaho, U.S.A. The Snake River, like many other large river systems in the western United States, has undergone substantial anthropogenic modifications in recent history that have altered water flows, changed physicochemical attributes of the water and produced an overall spatially fragmented aquatic system. 2. Because little is currently known about the basic biology and life history of V. utahensis, we conducted a detailed genetic analysis of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in this species from six locations along the Snake River. This study was designed to discern (i) levels of within‐location genetic diversity, (ii) patterns of genetic structure at small spatial scales (i.e. within sampling locations) and (iii) patterns of genetic structure at large spatial scales (among sampling locations). 3. We show that comparable levels of nuclear genetic variation exist within each of the six locations examined. However, reduced mitochondrial sequence diversity was observed at Thousand Springs compared with the other locations examined. 4. We further illustrate that V. utahensis shows no genetic structure within locations over relatively small physical distances up to approximately 3 km. We suggest that active dispersal of individuals via crawling and passive dispersal because of downstream displacement or floating behaviours may have produced this pattern. However, at large spatial scales genetic structure generally followed an isolation‐by‐distance pattern. This pattern was not directly correlated with the connectivity of locations through the river corridor and suggested the possible role of episodic passive dispersal via avian waterfowl or the effects of historical floods throughout the Snake River c. 14 000 years ago.  相似文献   

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The population genetic structure of the Cayapa cytospecies of Simulium exiguum, the vector of onchocerciasis, was analysed using allozyme frequency and chromosomal inversion polymorphism data from 6 and 15 populations respectively, collected in Ecuador. Eight allozyme loci were scored. No unique allozyme markers were found enabling us to identify biting adults of the vector from the non-vector Bucay cytotype. Mannose-phosphate isomerase (Mpi) contributed largely to the significant heterogeneity in gene frequency among populations of the Cayapa cytospecies and also to the overall population structuring (FST=0.015 ± 0.014) which fitted the isolation by distance model. However, heterozygote deficits were recorded for Mpi in four of the six populations, which could indicate that selection is acting at this locus but this hypothesis will require further convincing evidence. Furthermore the significant population structuring of allozymes was not evident when Mpi was omitted from the analysis. All inversion polymorphisms (IIS-B, IIS-F, IIL-A and IIL-B) were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, showed significant heterogeneity between populations and revealed the occurrence of an altitudinal cline in inversion IIS-B frequency. The inversion polymorphisms revealed a significant degree of population structuring (FST=0.083 ± 0.027), which can be explained by the isolation by distance model. A UPGMA cluster analysis revealed the relatively remote, high altitude Rio Mira populations to be the most genetically distinct.  相似文献   

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What shapes variation in genetic structure within a community of codistributed species is a central but difficult question for the field of population genetics. With a focus on the isolated coral reef ecosystem of the Hawaiian Archipelago, we assessed how life history traits influence population genetic structure for 35 reef animals. Despite the archipelago's stepping stone configuration, isolation by distance was the least common type of genetic structure, detected in four species. Regional structuring (i.e. division of sites into genetically and spatially distinct regions) was most common, detected in 20 species and nearly in all endemics and habitat specialists. Seven species displayed chaotic (spatially unordered) structuring, and all were nonendemic generalist species. Chaotic structure also associated with relatively high global FST. Pelagic larval duration (PLD) was not a strong predictor of variation in population structure (R2 = 0.22), but accounting for higher FST values of chaotic and invertebrate species, compared to regionally structured and fish species, doubled the power of PLD to explain variation in global FST (adjusted R2 = 0.50). Multivariate correlation of eight species traits to six genetic traits highlighted dispersal ability, taxonomy (i.e. fish vs. invertebrate) and habitat specialization as strongest influences on genetics, but otherwise left much variation in genetic traits unexplained. Considering that the study design controlled for many sampling and geographical factors, the extreme interspecific variation in spatial genetic patterns observed for Hawaìi marine species may be generated by demographic variability due to species‐specific abundance and migration patterns and/or seascape and historical factors.  相似文献   

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Habitat loss, fragmentation, overharvest, and other anthropogenic factors have resulted in population and distribution declines for North American wolverines (Gulo gulo). Currently, wolverines east of the Hudson Bay are endangered and possibly extinct, whereas the status of wolverines throughout the remaining Holarctic is vulnerable. Three previous studies using nuclear loci have detected little to no significant structuring among wolverines sampled across northern Canada. Based on these results it has been suggested that wolverines in northern Canada represent a single, panmictic population. However, as has been shown in numerous studies, in cases of female site fidelity, it is possible to have demographically autonomous populations even with male-biased gene flow. To better assess the genetic structure of wolverines in northern Canada, we examined nine microsatellite loci and DNA sequence variation from a 200 bp fragment of the mitochondrial (mtDNA) control region for 270 wolverines from nine collecting areas representing three regions of northern Canada. In agreement with previous studies, microsatellite analyses revealed a lack of significant population substructure (F ST=0.0004). However, analysis of molecular variance, comparisons of pairwise F ST values and nested-clade analysis of the mtDNA data revealed considerable genetic structuring among samples of wolverines from these three regions of northern Canada. These mitochondrial data provide evidence that wolverines in Canada are genetically structured due to female philopatry. The contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation based on nuclear and mitochondrial data highlight the importance of examining both nuclear and mitochondrial loci when attempting to elucidate patterns of genetic structure.  相似文献   

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Naturally patchy ecosystems are models for other systems currently undergoing anthropogenic habitat fragmentation. Understanding patterns of gene flow in these model systems can help us manage species and ecosystems threatened by human impacts. The mound springs of central Australia represent such a natural model ecosystem, supporting a unique aquatic fauna distributed within an inhospitable arid landscape. Moreover, these springs are being impacted by over extraction of groundwater, providing a unique opportunity to look at dispersal in a patchy habitat that is changing. The present study represents the first fine scale analysis of gene flow under different scenarios of habitat connectivity for the endangered mound spring snail, Fonscochlea accepta. Within a single spring group pairwise estimates of F ST between springs were very low (ave 0.015) with no association found between genetic distance and a series of geographical distance matrices based on the degree of habitat connectivity among the springs: results implying unstructured dispersal and limited population isolation. However, results from Bayesian assignment tests showed that on average approximately 97% of snails were assigned to their spring of origin. In a preliminary analysis at broader geographic scales (among spring groups) the results from F ST estimates, Mantel correlation analyses and assignment tests all suggest much stronger and geographically correlated population structuring. While varying results from F-statistics and Bayesian analyses stem from the different information they utilise, together they provide data on contemporary and historical estimates of gene flow and the influence of landscape dynamics on the spatial genetic patterning of the springs.  相似文献   

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Dendritic ecological network (DEN) architecture can be a strong predictor of spatial genetic patterns in theoretical and simulation studies. Yet, interspecific differences in dispersal capabilities and distribution within the network may equally affect species’ genetic structuring. We characterized patterns of genetic variation from up to ten microsatellite loci for nine numerically dominant members of the upper Gila River fish community, New Mexico, USA. Using comparative landscape genetics, we evaluated the role of network architecture for structuring populations within species (pairwise FST) while explicitly accounting for intraspecific demographic influences on effective population size (Ne). Five species exhibited patterns of connectivity and/or genetic diversity gradients that were predicted by network structure. These species were generally considered to be small‐bodied or habitat specialists. Spatial variation of Ne was a strong predictor of pairwise FST for two species, suggesting patterns of connectivity may also be influenced by genetic drift independent of network properties. Finally, two study species exhibited genetic patterns that were unexplained by network properties and appeared to be related to nonequilibrium processes. Properties of DENs shape community‐wide genetic structure but effects are modified by intrinsic traits and nonequilibrium processes. Further theoretical development of the DEN framework should account for such cases.  相似文献   

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Salmonids spawn in highly diverse habitats, exhibit strong genetic population structuring, and can quickly colonize newly created habitats with few founders. Spawning traits often differ among populations, but it is largely unknown if these differences are adaptive or due to genetic drift. To test if sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) populations are adapted to glacial, beach, and tributary spawning habitats, we examined variation in heritable phenotypic traits associated with spawning in 13 populations of wild sockeye salmon in Lake Clark, Alaska. These populations were commonly founded between 100 and 400 hundred sockeye salmon generations ago and exhibit low genetic divergence at 11 microsatellite loci (F ST < 0.024) that is uncorrelated with spawning habitat type. We found that mean P ST (phenotypic divergence among populations) exceeded neutral F ST for most phenotypic traits measured, indicating that phenotypic differences among populations could not be explained by genetic drift alone. Phenotypic divergence among populations was associated with spawning habitat differences, but not with neutral genetic divergence. For example, female body color was lighter and egg color was darker in glacial than non-glacial habitats. This may be due to reduced sexual selection for red spawning color in glacial habitats and an apparent trade-off in carotenoid allocation to body and egg color in females. Phenotypic plasticity is an unlikely source of phenotypic differences because Lake Clark sockeye salmon spend nearly all their lives in a common environment. Our data suggest that Lake Clark sockeye salmon populations are adapted to spawning in glacial, beach and tributary habitats and provide the first evidence of a glacial spawning ecotype in salmonids. Glacial spawning habitats are often young (i.e., <200 years old) and ephemeral. Thus, local adaptation of sockeye salmon to glacial habitats appears to have occurred recently.  相似文献   

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Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) exhibit different social behaviours at two regions in the Hawaiian Archipelago: off the high volcanic islands in the SE archipelago they form dynamic groups with ever‐changing membership, but in the low carbonate atolls in the NW archipelago they form long‐term stable groups. To determine whether these environmental and social differences influence population genetic structure, we surveyed spinner dolphins throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago with mtDNA control region sequences and 10 microsatellite loci (n = 505). F‐statistics, Bayesian cluster analyses, and assignment tests revealed population genetic separations between most islands, with less genetic structuring among the NW atolls than among the SE high islands. The populations with the most stable social structure (Midway and Kure Atolls) have the highest gene flow between populations (mtDNA ΦST < 0.001, P = 0.357; microsatellite FST = ?0.001; P = 0.597), and a population with dynamic groups and fluid social structure (the Kona Coast of the island of Hawai’i) has the lowest gene flow (mtDNA 0.042 < ΦST < 0.236, P < 0.05; microsatellite 0.016 < FST < 0.040, P < 0.001). We suggest that gene flow, dispersal, and social structure are influenced by the availability of habitat and resources at each island. Genetic comparisons to a South Pacific location (n = 16) indicate that Hawaiian populations are genetically depauperate and isolated from other Pacific locations (mtDNA 0.216 < FST < 0.643, P < 0.001; microsatellite 0.058 < FST < 0.090, P < 0.001); this isolation may also influence social and genetic structure within Hawai’i. Our results illustrate that genetic and social structure are flexible traits that can vary between even closely‐related populations.  相似文献   

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Catchment population structure and divergence patterns of the rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum (Percidae: Teleostei), an eastern North American benthic fish, are tested using a landscape genetics approach. Allelic variation at eight nuclear DNA microsatellite loci and two mitochondrial DNA regions [cytochrome (cyt) b gene and control region; 2056 aligned base pairs (bp)] is analysed from 89 individuals and six sites in the Lake Erie catchment (Blanchard, Chagrin, Cuyahoga and Grand Rivers) v. the Ohio River catchment (Big Darby Creek and Little Miami River). Genetic and geographic patterning is assessed using phylogenetic trees, pair‐wise FST analogues, AMOVA partitioning, Mantel regression, Bayesian assignment, 3D factorial correspondence and barrier analyses. Results identify 34 cyt b haplotypes, 22 control region haplotypes and 137 microsatellite alleles whose distributions demonstrate marked genetic divergence between populations from the Lake Erie and Ohio River catchments. Etheostoma caeruleum populations in the Lake Erie and Ohio River catchments diverged c. 1·6 mya during the Pleistocene glaciations. Greater genetic separations characterize the Ohio River populations, reflecting their older habitat age and less recent connectivity. Divergence levels within the Lake Erie catchment denote more recent post‐glacial origins. Notably, the western Lake Erie Blanchard River population markedly differs from the three central basin tributary samples, which are each genetically distinguishable using microsatellites. Overall relationships among the Lake Erie sites refute a genetic isolation by geographic distance hypothesis. Etheostoma caeruleum populations thus exchange few genes and have low migration among tributaries and catchments.  相似文献   

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Although the tendency of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar to form differentiated populations among rivers and among tributaries within large river systems (>100 km-long) is well documented, much less is known about population structure within small river systems (<30 km-long). In the present study, we investigated the genetic effects of straying of hatchery-reared salmon on population structure and genetic composition within the Ellidaár river system, a small system (21 km total length) in SW Iceland. We analyzed spatial and temporal variation of wild and domesticated samples (farmed and ranched; n = 931) using seven microsatellite loci. Estimates of population differentiation [F ST, genetic tree (D A)] and Bayesian cluster analysis (STRUCTURE) revealed a significant population structure as well as relative long-term temporal stability of the genetic composition in the main river from 1948 to 2005. However, the genetic composition of the tributary populations was unstable and genetically homogenized in recent years. Wild-hatchery hybrids were detected during the influx of strays as well as few years after, suggesting that introgression has changed the genetic composition of the wild populations. More investigations are needed in Iceland and elsewhere on possible fine-scale population differentiation and factors leading to it. Fine-scale population differentiation as observed in the present study has implications for the resolution with which harvest and habitat management of salmon should be conducted. In addition, farming and ranching operations should be located to minimize potential negative effects of strays on wild fish.  相似文献   

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