Cross-species gene enrichment revealed a single population of Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) with low genetic variation in Bangladesh waters.

ABSTRACT: Tenualosa ilisha is a popular anadromous and significant trans-boundary fish. For sustainable management and conservation of this fish, drawing an appropriate picture reflecting population status of this species is very essential based on their all-strategic habitats in Bangladesh. In this study, 139 samples from 18 sites were collected and cross-species gene enrichment method was applied. Like most of the Clupeiforms, nucleotide diversity of this shad was very low (0.001245-0.006612). Population differences between most of the locations were low and not significant (P > 0.05). However, P values of a few locations were significant (P < 0.05) but their pairwise F_ST values were very poor (0.0042-0.0993), which is inadequate to recognize any local populations. Our study revealed th

SUBMITTER: Sarker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173019 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature