Evidence for rangewide panmixia despite multiple barriers to dispersal in a marine mussel.

ABSTRACT: Oceanographic features shape the distributional and genetic patterns of marine species by interrupting or promoting connections among populations. Although general patterns commonly arise, distributional ranges and genetic structure are species-specific and do not always comply with the expected trends. By applying a multimarker genetic approach combined with Lagrangian particle simulations (LPS) we tested the hypothesis that oceanographic features along northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean shores influence dispersal potential and genetic structure of the intertidal mussel Perna perna. Additionally, by performing environmental niche modelling we assessed the potential and realized niche of P. perna along its entire native distributional range and the environmental factors that best expl

SUBMITTER: Lourenco CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5579014 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature