Genetic differentiation in the squid Moroteuthis ingens inferred from RAPD analysis |
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| Authors: | Sands Chester J. Jarman Simon N. Jackson George D. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, TAS 7005 Hobart, Australia;(2) Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, TAS 7050 Kingston, Australia;(3) Present Address: Genetics Department, La Trobe University , Bundoora Campus, VIC 3086, Australia, e-mail: c.sands@latrobe.edu.au, Fax: +61-3-94792480; |
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| Abstract: | Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers (RAPDs) were applied in a cephalopod population study. Samples of the squid Moroteuthis ingens taken from around the Falkland Islands and Macquarie Island were used to test a null hypothesis that M. ingens forms a single, panmictic population in the Southern Ocean. Six of the 8 arbitrary RAPD primers screened produced a total of 30 reproducible polymorphic bands. Analysis of RAPD allele frequencies demonstrated high levels of variation between individuals but little variation between two sample sites. Although the differentiation between the two sites was low, subtle population structure was detected and the null hypothesis was rejected. The implications of low genetic differentiation between the two sites are briefly discussed in terms of possible egg and paralarval drift facilitated via the circumpolar current. |
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