Phylogeographic structure of Octopus vulgaris in South Africa revisited: identification of a second lineage near Durban harbour

Teske, P R; Oosthuizen, A; Papadopoulos, I; Barker, Nigel P

Title: Phylogeographic structure of Octopus vulgaris in South Africa revisited: identification of a second lineage near Durban harbour
Creator: Teske, P R
Creator: Oosthuizen, A
Creator: Papadopoulos, I
Creator: Barker, Nigel P
Date Issued: 2007
Date: 2007
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: vital:6951
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013236
Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0644-x
Description: preprint
Description: In a previous study that investigated genetic structure of Octopus vulgaris along the South African coast by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase III gene (COIII), all sequences generated were identical. Such a finding is unusual, because mitochondrial DNA mutates quickly, and several marine invertebrates present in southern Africa show considerable genetic variation and structure. We reanalysed the samples using two different mitochondrial markers, namely cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and the large ribosomal subunit (16S rRNA). Sequences of both these markers showed variation. The conclusion of the previous study, that South Africa’s O. vulgaris population is characterised by a lack of genetic structure along the coast, is rejected. Some specimens from Durban (southeast Africa) were genetically more different from those found in the remainder of the country than were specimens from other regions (Tristan da Cunha and Senegal). We suggest that the lineage in Durban may have been recently introduced.
Format: 9 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Marine Biology
Relation: Teske, P.R. and Oosthuizen, A. and Papadopoulos, I. and Barker, N.P. (2007) Phylogeographic structure of Octopus vulgaris in South Africa revisited: identification of a second lineage near Durban harbour. Marine Biology, 151 (6). pp. 2119-2122
Relation: Marine Biology volume 151 number 6 2119 2122 2007 1432-1793
Rights: Teske, P R
Rights: Oosthuizen, A
Rights: Papadopoulos, I
Rights: Barker, Nigel P
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