Searching for a stock structure in Sardina pilchardus from the Adriatic and Ionian seas using a microsatellite DNA-based approach

Authors

  • Paolo Ruggeri Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Andrea Splendiani Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Sara Bonanomi Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Section for Marine Living
  • Enrico Arneri FAO-FIRF, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, AdriaMed Project
  • Nando Cingolani Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine Sezione Pesca Marittima
  • Alberto Santojanni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine Sezione Pesca Marittima
  • Sabrina Colella Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine Sezione Pesca Marittima
  • Fortunata Donato Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine Sezione Pesca Marittima
  • Massimo Giovannotti Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Vincenzo Caputo Barucchi Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine Sezione Pesca Marittima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03843.26A

Keywords:

microsatellite DNA, population genetics, European sardine, stock identification method, small pelagic fish, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea

Abstract


In the present study the genetic variability of European sardine from Adriatic and Ionian seas was investigated in order to detect the occurrence of genetic structure within and between these basins. In several samples the analysis of genetic variability at eight microsatellite loci showed a number of homozygote individuals higher than expected at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The inter-population differentiation level estimated by AMOVA, qST and rRST and Bayesian descriptors detected no signs of population differentiation between the samples analysed. These results are consistent with previous studies based on allozymes and several mitochondrial DNA markers and add further evidence contradicting the early identification, based on morphological and reproductive data, of two sub-populations in the Adriatic Sea.

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Ruggeri P, Splendiani A, Bonanomi S, Arneri E, Cingolani N, Santojanni A, Colella S, Donato F, Giovannotti M, Caputo Barucchi V. Searching for a stock structure in Sardina pilchardus from the Adriatic and Ionian seas using a microsatellite DNA-based approach. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2013Dec.30 [cited 2024Mar.29];77(4):565-74. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1483

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