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Evidence for the hypothesis of strain formation in Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala): an investigation using mitochondrial DNA sequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2004

E. M. O'MAHONY ,
D. G. BRADLEY ,
C. R. KENNEDY  and
C. V. HOLLAND
E. M. O'MAHONY
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
D. G. BRADLEY
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
C. R. KENNEDY
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter EX4 4PS
C. V. HOLLAND
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Abstract

A hypothesis has been erected stating that in the British Isles the acanthocephalan, Pomphorhynchus laevis can be separated into 3 strains, an English, Irish and marine strain. Ecological and morphological evidence exists in support of this hypothesis. An investigation at the molecular level was conducted in order to test the validity of the existing evidence. A mitochondrial gene, subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase was partially sequenced from 3 Irish populations of P. laevis, 1 Scottish population and 3 English populations. P. laevis sequences from brown trout from Ireland, England and Scotland were very similar, showing a mean sequence divergence of 0·7%. Sequences from two populations of P. laevis from English chub and bullhead were also similar to each other (0·35% divergence). These two groups of sequences, the brown trout group and the chub/bullhead group were 2·2% different. These data confirm the existence of at least 2 strains in Ireland and Britain, although there is evidence to suggest that these strains are defined by their host species rather than by their geographical distributions.

Keywords

AcanthocephalaPomphorhynchus laevisphylogeographystrainmitochondrial DNA
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 129 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 341 - 347
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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