Mitochondrial DNA diversity in Atherina boyeri populations as determined by RFLP analysis of three mtDNA segments

Klossa-Kilia, E.; Prassa, Margarita; Papasotiropoulos, Vasileios; Alahiotis, S. N.; Kilias, G.

doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800144

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“…All A. boyeri samples, collected within coastal lagoons, turned out to be monophyletic. According to the systematic revision of genus Atherina recently proposed (Klossa-Kilia et al 2002, Trabelsi et al 2002a, our results showed that the 2 individuals of the punctuated and the non-punctuated forms are separate from the other samples, thus provisionally supporting the newly proposed classification. However, before fully accepting this taxonomical revision, an adequate number of samples should be analysed.…”

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Mitochondrial variability of sand smelt Atherina boyeri populations from north Mediterranean coastal lagoons

Astolfi¹,

Dupanloup²,

Rossi³

et al. 2005

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The role of transition environments, such as lagoons or deltas, in shaping the geographical pattern of genetic variability may be investigated through the analysis of population structure in the species living in these habitats. Several fish species are strictly bound to deltas or coastal lagoons for at least part of their life cycle. This paper reports the analysis of mitochondrial DNA variability in several populations of Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810) sampled along the north Mediterranean coasts from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea. The results show a high genetic structure among populations, probably due to the deep fragmentation of the lagoon environments in which this species spends most of its life cycle. On the other hand, a clear phylogeographic pattern and a significant positive correlation between genetic and geographical distances support the hypothesis of gene flow among populations, probably due to an imprecise anadromic behaviour from the lagoons to the close coastal sea, which allows for an exchange of individuals between contiguous populations. Our results are in good agreement with those previously obtained on the same species by RAPD techniques. Our analysis among different Atherina genera are also compatible with the most recent classification of these species based on morphological and genetic characters.

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Mitochondrial variability of sand smelt Atherina boyeri populations from north Mediterranean coastal lagoons

Astolfi¹,

Dupanloup²,

Rossi³

et al. 2005

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…A recent study coupling biometric and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data within this species complex, recognized at least three species: A. boyeri, A. punctata and A. lagunae as respectively non-punctuated marine, punctuated marine and lagoon atherines [5,6]. Moreover, molecular investigations by mtDNA [7][8][9][10][11] and allozyme analysis [12] confirmed our previous hypothesis by which A. boyeri can be considered as a complex of two different species (one marine and one living in lagoons and river mouths) [5,6], punctuated fish were not present in all these last studies. The distribution of A. boyeri species sensu stricto ranges in the Northeast Atlantic from the Azores to the Northwest coasts of Scotland; it is common in the Southern North Sea and the English Channel, less so further north, and being found throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea.…”

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Some Marine Tunisian Atherina boyeri Populations (Teleostei) have Morphological and Molecular Characteristics of Lagoon Fishes

Trabelsia¹,

Bourigata²,

Aurellec³

et al. 2009

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Abstract:In this study, analyses of 87 biometric parameters and of genetic variation of the cytochrome b gene show that A. boyeri populations from shallow waters of Tunisian Islands (Kerkennah) belong, in spite their marine habitat, to the lagoonal group. Moreover, in all the phylogenetic analyses, the sequences of these marine atherines constitute with the lagoon ones a clade strongly statistically supported. Moreover, in accordance with ecological rules, vertebral numbers of wild individuals increased with latitude for all the Atherina species, but for A. boyeri a low decrease of vertebral number in its more septentrional distribution area is suggested. In addition, the lower values are found for species living in particular habitats, rocky sea beds or lagoons for respectively punctated and lagoonal fish, and a rapid decrease of mean vertebral number by latitude has been found for lagoon fish.

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“…This distinguished punctated (spotted) and non-punctated fishes, as well as those restricted to marine, brackish and freshwater habitats (e.g. Astolfi et al, 2005;Klossa-Kilia et al, 2002;Trabelsi et al, 2002a). Francisco et al (2008) provided a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Atherina based on mitochondrial DNA, and revised their taxonomy, proposing three distinct species within the A. boyeri complex: A. boyeri (inhabiting lagoons and freshwater bodies), as well as ''punctuated'' and ''non punctuated'' forms (both typically present in marine conditions).…”

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Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Atherina (Pisces: Atherinidae)

Francisco

Congiu

Heyden

et al. 2011

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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a b s t r a c tSand-smelts are small fishes inhabiting inshore, brackish and freshwater environments and with a distribution in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, extending south into the Indian Ocean. Here, we present a broad phylogenetic analysis of the genus Atherina using three mitochondrial (control region, 12S and 16S) and two nuclear markers (rhodopsin and 2nd intron of S7). Phylogenetic analyses fully support the monophyly of the genus. Two anti-tropical clades were identified, separating the South African Atherina breviceps from the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Atherina' species. In European waters, two groups were found. The first clade formed by a well supported species-pair: Atherina presbyter (eastern Atlantic) and Atherina hepsetus (Mediterranean), both living in marine waters; a second clade included Atherina boyeri (brackish and freshwater environments) and two independent lineages of marine punctated and non-punctated fishes, recently proposed as separate species. Sequence divergence values strongly suggest multiple species within the A. boyeri complex.

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Mitochondrial DNA diversity in Atherina boyeri populations as determined by RFLP analysis of three mtDNA segments

Cited by 36 publications

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Mitochondrial variability of sand smelt Atherina boyeri populations from north Mediterranean coastal lagoons

Mitochondrial variability of sand smelt Atherina boyeri populations from north Mediterranean coastal lagoons

Some Marine Tunisian Atherina boyeri Populations (Teleostei) have Morphological and Molecular Characteristics of Lagoon Fishes

Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Atherina (Pisces: Atherinidae)

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