Phylogeography of the Southwestern Atlantic menhaden genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brevoortia</Emphasis> (Clupeidae,Alosinae) |
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Authors: | Graciela García Julia Vergara Verónica Gutiérrez |
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Institution: | (1) Sección Genética Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR, Iguá 4225, CP.11400 Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Abstract: | Among pelagic fish, the Southwestern Atlantic menhaden genus Brevoortia (Clupeidae, Alosinae) constitutes an important species model to investigate the patterns of genetic differentiation. It is
abundant in the Río de la Plata estuary and in the Atlantic coastal lagoons system from Uruguay and Southern Brazil. To access
in the taxa discrimination and population structure in Brevoortia we perform a phylogeographic approach based on mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt-b) sequences including 240 individuals from 16 collecting sites. Among the 720 bp cyt-b sequenced, 199 correspond to variables and 88 to phylogenetically informative sites. High values of haplotype diversity (h = 1.000) and nucleotide diversity (π = 0.061), as well as an average of 0.084 polymorphic segregating sites and 46 different haplotypes were found. Maximum likelihood
analysis based on the GTR + I + G model and Bayesian inference strongly support the idea that B. aurea is the only species of the genus inhabiting the Southwestern Atlantic region. Our analyses revealed a complex population
pattern characterized by the existence of long-term highly structured genetic assemblages of mixed stocks. Each monophyletic
entity included individuals from different collecting sites, different age groups and collected in different years. Our data
also suggest that the recruitment of unrelated mtDNA haplotypes carried out by individuals within schools could be occurring
in the same nursery areas revealing the existence of many different maternal lineages. A scenario where different simultaneously
and successively mixed mtDNA lineages remain historically connected through basal haplotypes among different clades could
explains more accurately the complex and ordered metapopulation dynamic found in this pelagic fish. |
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