Genetic parallelism between European flat oyster populations at the edge of their natural range.

ABSTRACT: Although all marine ecosystems have experienced global-scale losses, oyster reefs have shown the greatest. Therefore, substantial efforts have been dedicated to restoration of such ecosystems during the last two decades. In Europe, several pilot projects for the restoration of the native European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, recently begun and recommendations to preserve genetic diversity and to conduct monitoring protocols have been made. In particular, an initial step is to test for genetic differentiation against homogeneity among the oyster populations potentially involved in such programs. Therefore, we conducted a new sampling of wild populations at the European scale and a new genetic analysis with 203 markers to (1) confirm and study in more detail the pattern of genetic diff

SUBMITTER: Lapegue S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923475 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature