{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(10)"],"submitter":["Hanson D"],"pubmed_abstract":["Haminoea japonica is a species of opisthobranch sea slug native to Japan and Korea. Non-native populations have spread unnoticed for decades due to difficulties in the taxonomy of Haminoea species. Haminoea japonica is associated with a schistosome parasite in San Francisco Bay, thus further spread could have consequence to human health and economies. Anecdotal evidence suggests that H. japonica has displaced native species of Haminoea in North America and Europe, becoming locally dominant in estuaries and coastal lagoons. In this paper we study the population genetics of native and non-native populations of H. japonica based on mt-DNA data including newly discovered populations in Italy and France. The conclusions of this study further corroborate a Northeastern Japan origin for the non-n"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e77457"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3789696"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Slipping through the cracks: the taxonomic impediment conceals the origin and dispersal of Haminoea japonica, an invasive species with impacts to human health."],"pmcid":["PMC3789696"],"pubmed_authors":["Malaquias MA","Cooke S","Crocetta F","Hanson D","Hirano Y","Valdes A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Slipping through the cracks: the taxonomic impediment conceals the origin and dispersal of Haminoea japonica, an invasive species with impacts to human health.","description":"Haminoea japonica is a species of opisthobranch sea slug native to Japan and Korea. Non-native populations have spread unnoticed for decades due to difficulties in the taxonomy of Haminoea species. Haminoea japonica is associated with a schistosome parasite in San Francisco Bay, thus further spread could have consequence to human health and economies. Anecdotal evidence suggests that H. japonica has displaced native species of Haminoea in North America and Europe, becoming locally dominant in estuaries and coastal lagoons. In this paper we study the population genetics of native and non-native populations of H. japonica based on mt-DNA data including newly discovered populations in Italy and France. The conclusions of this study further corroborate a Northeastern Japan origin for the non-n","dates":{"release":"2013-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2013","modification":"2025-04-21T15:06:41.859Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:16:26Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3789696","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24098588"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0077457"]}}