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Comparison of allozyme and mitochondrial DNA spatial differentiation in the limpet Patella vulgata

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Allozyme and restriction enzyme analysis of mtDNA was used to study variation in samples from British populations of the marine limpet Patella vulgata in two regions. South Wales and Northeast England. Allozyme analysis revealed significant differences in allele frequencies among samples. However F ST (population differentiation) values were no higher between than within regions, indicating that genetic heterogeneity was localised and not related to geographic separation. For mtDNA, samples from South Wales exhibited higher haplotype diversity values than samples from Northeast England. In addition there were substantial differences in the haplotype distribution between regions. The value of θ, the haploid analogoue of F ST , was low within regions (θ=0.09) but high between regions (θ=0.44). The estimated difference in migration rate for allozymes and mtDNA exceed the neutral expectation, unless it is assumed that there are influential differences in the magnitude of female and male gametic dispersal.

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Hurst, C.D., Skibinski, D.O.F. Comparison of allozyme and mitochondrial DNA spatial differentiation in the limpet Patella vulgata . Marine Biology 122, 257–263 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348938

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