Population genetic structure of sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilesky, 1855) and morphological diversification along climate gradients in China.

ABSTRACT: Sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewski, 1855) is a small, widespread, and native cyprinid fish with prominent habitat suitability and high invasive potential and is becoming the dominant species in freshwater ecosystems under intensified environmental disturbances. But how H. leucisculus acclimates to extremely heterogeneous environments remains unclear. In current study, the genetic structure of H. leucisculus was analyzed using Bayesian phylogenetic inference, haplotype network, and STRUCTURE base on cytb gene across 18 populations spanning 20 degrees of latitude and 18 degrees of longitude in China. The morphological diversification of body size and shape for H. leucisculus along the climate gradient was studied. The results showed that the 18 <

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature