Population structure and adaptive differentiation in the sea cucumber Apostichopus californicus and implications for spatial resource management.

ABSTRACT: A growing body of evidence suggests that spatial population structure can develop in marine species despite large population sizes and high gene flow. Characterizing population structure is important for the effective management of exploited species, as it can be used to identify appropriate scales of management in fishery and aquaculture contexts. The California sea cucumber, Apostichopus californicus, is one such exploited species whose management could benefit from further characterization of population structure. Using restriction site-associated DNA (RAD) sequencing, we developed 2075 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to quantify genetic structure over a broad section of the species' range along the North American west coast and within the Salish Sea, a region supporting the Wash

SUBMITTER: Lowell N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019739 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature