The genetic structure of Squalidus multimaculatus revealing the historical pattern of serial colonization on the tip of East Asian continent.

ABSTRACT: Separated river systems could create confluences via two geological processes, estuary coalescence in response to decreasing sea levels and headwater capture, allowing primary freshwater species to disperse across rivers. Squalidus multimaculatus, is an endemic and primary freshwater species restricted to the southeast coast of the Korean Peninsula. The distribution of this species is unique, given that other congeneric species, including its closely related S. gracilis majimae, as well as other cyprind species are observed throughout the peninsula except for the east coast. Phylogeographic analyses were conducted using three mitochondrial loci to identify the origin of S. multimaculatus and the historical pathways of dispersal. A strong phylogenetic affinity between S. multimaculatus and

SUBMITTER: Jeon HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6045656 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature