What Is the Population Structure of Poecilogonic Species? Evidence From Large-Scale Genotyping in a Neogastropod Lineage (Conoidea: Raphitoma).

ABSTRACT: Dispersal of marine benthic invertebrates is typically dependent on the developmental mode of their pelagic larvae, which can be prolonged and based on plankton feeding (planktotrophic), or short and rely on the nutrients from the egg (non-planktotrophic). The uncommon poecilogonic species can commit to both developmental modes, with remarkable implications for their population genetics, not yet fully investigated. In this study, we obtained reduced-representation genome-wide SNP data for three species of the neogastropod genus Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847 from the Mediterranean, including the putatively poecilogonic species Raphitoma philberti (Michaud, 1829) and R. laviae (R. A. Philippi, 1844). A total of 80 samples were sequenced to test the poecilogony and analyse the population genetics

SUBMITTER: Chiappa G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12717971 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature