Phylogeography of the Chinese beard eel, Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, inferred from mitochondrial DNA: a range expansion after the last glacial maximum.

ABSTRACT: The Chinese beard eel (Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup) is an intertidal fish and a model organism for the study of impacts caused by topological fluctuations during the Pleistocene and current intricate hydrological conditions on fauna living in the coastal areas of China. In this study, we examined the phylogeographical pattern, population genetic profile and demographical history of C. chinensis using mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b (cyt b) and control region (CR)) from 266 individuals sampled in seven localities across the coastal area of southeastern China. The combined data indicated high levels of haplotype diversity and low levels of nucleotide diversity. Analyses of molecular variance (AMOVA) and FST statistics suggested the absence of a significant population structure across the Ch

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4159811 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature