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Phylogeography of the sub-Antarctic notothenioid fish Eleginops maclovinus: evidence of population expansion

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Phylogeography studies add insights into the geographic and evolutionary processes that underline the genetic divergence of populations. This work examines the geographic genetic structure of the Patagonian blennie, Eleginops maclovinus, a notothenioid (Perciformes) endemic to South American temperate and sub-Antarctic waters, using mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequences. We found 58 haplotypes in the analysis of 261 individual sequences of 833 base pairs in length. Among-population variance was very low (1.62%) and many haplotypes were shared between several populations across the species geographic range. Genetic differentiation was not consistent with a simple model of isolation by distance, possibly suggesting a lack of equilibrium between gene flow and local genetic drift. The analysis of mismatch distributions, neutrality tests, and the Bayesian Skyline Plot showed a pattern consistent with a recent population expansion event that may have taken place during the Middle Pleistocene.

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Acknowledgments

This work was founded by grants from the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (PICT906) and Proyectos Federales de Innovación Productiva 2007 (PFIP 1622/07). We would like to specially thank Roberto Licandeo for sampling support. We also thank Juan Federico Ponce (CADIC-CONICET), María Natalia Paso Viola (MACN-CONICET), Alejandro D’Anatro and Carolina Abud from Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Ururguay, for their constant technical support and advice.

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    Santiago Guillermo Ceballos, Mariela Fernanda Victorio & Daniel Alfredo Fernández

  2. Sección Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, 4225 Iguá, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Enrique Pablo Lessa

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Ceballos, S.G., Lessa, E.P., Victorio, M.F. et al. Phylogeography of the sub-Antarctic notothenioid fish Eleginops maclovinus: evidence of population expansion. Mar Biol 159, 499–505 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1830-4

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