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Detection of High Levels of Genetic Relatedness in Rock-Populations of an Intertidal Isopod Using DNA Fingerprinting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Stuart B. Piertney  and
Gary R. Carvalho
Stuart B. Piertney
Affiliation:
Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB9 2TN
Gary R. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Marine & Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP.
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Multi-locus DNA fingerprinting was used to determine the degree of genetic relatedness within localized assemblages of the intertidal isopod, Jaera albifrons (Crustacea: Isopoda). This isopod has marsupial development, restricted adult vagility and specific habitat preferences, which will tend to isolate groups of animals on a shore and can potentially maintain the integrity of broods after release from the mother. Total genomic DNA was extracted from six individuals from each of ten ‘rock-populations’ in the South Wales area, restricted with Rsal, Alulll and Haelll endonucleases, and probed using a (TCC)5 oligonucleotide probe. Band-sharing analysis of the fingerprint patterns indicated significantly higher genetic relatedness within rock-populations (mean within rock-population band-sharing value = 0–374 ±0–023 SE) than between (maximum between rock-population band-sharing value = 0–301 ±0033), and at a level that equates to a relatedness between individuals within rock-populations of slightly below half-sibling status. The significance of such findings, in terms of the potential for localized inbreeding and population genetic structure, is discussed.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 75 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 967 - 976
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1995

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