Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery

The genetic population structure of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, was determined by isozyme expression in polyacrylamide gels. Muscle samples of 50 organisms, captured at four sites of the Yucatan Peninsula, were used to characterize the genotypic expression as rev...

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Main Authors: Jorge A Tello-Cetina, Luis A Rodríguez-Gil, Faustino Rodríguez-Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2005-03-01
Series:Ciencias Marinas
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Online Access:https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/56
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author Jorge A Tello-Cetina
Luis A Rodríguez-Gil
Faustino Rodríguez-Romero
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Luis A Rodríguez-Gil
Faustino Rodríguez-Romero
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description The genetic population structure of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, was determined by isozyme expression in polyacrylamide gels. Muscle samples of 50 organisms, captured at four sites of the Yucatan Peninsula, were used to characterize the genotypic expression as revealed by the expression of 55 loci in 30 enzymatic systems. The TFPGA program was used to analyze genic frequency data. The following parameters were determined: descriptive statistics, F statistic, genetic distances, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, UPGMA and the number of migrants as indicator of gene flow. Heterozygosity values ranged from 0.3240 for OCTDH 2 to 0.0440 for FUM, with a mean value of 0.0366; Fis values ranged from 0.0835 for OCTDH 2 to 0.3600 for FUM, with a mean value of –0.0492; and Fst values ranged from 0.0082 for LAP 2 to 0.1967 for MDH 2, with a mean value of 0.1039, suggesting heterozygote deficiency. The number of migrants derived from the Slatkin equation is 2.156 per generation, which suggests a certain degree of variability among populations and corroborates the low values obtained for Nei´ s genetic distance, of 0.0053 for the node showing the separation of the population from Arrecife de Alacranes from the other populations. We conclude that the S. gigas populations studied here do not present genetic fragility for their subsistence.
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spelling doaj.art-d5411f4bf76341a583502b0b22e0c52f2024-03-03T18:35:17ZengUniversidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaCiencias Marinas0185-38802395-90532005-03-0131210.7773/cm.v31i2.56Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fisheryJorge A Tello-Cetina0Luis A Rodríguez-Gil1Faustino Rodríguez-Romero2Instituto Tecnológico de MéridaInstituto Tecnológico de MéridaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México The genetic population structure of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, was determined by isozyme expression in polyacrylamide gels. Muscle samples of 50 organisms, captured at four sites of the Yucatan Peninsula, were used to characterize the genotypic expression as revealed by the expression of 55 loci in 30 enzymatic systems. The TFPGA program was used to analyze genic frequency data. The following parameters were determined: descriptive statistics, F statistic, genetic distances, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, UPGMA and the number of migrants as indicator of gene flow. Heterozygosity values ranged from 0.3240 for OCTDH 2 to 0.0440 for FUM, with a mean value of 0.0366; Fis values ranged from 0.0835 for OCTDH 2 to 0.3600 for FUM, with a mean value of –0.0492; and Fst values ranged from 0.0082 for LAP 2 to 0.1967 for MDH 2, with a mean value of 0.1039, suggesting heterozygote deficiency. The number of migrants derived from the Slatkin equation is 2.156 per generation, which suggests a certain degree of variability among populations and corroborates the low values obtained for Nei´ s genetic distance, of 0.0053 for the node showing the separation of the population from Arrecife de Alacranes from the other populations. We conclude that the S. gigas populations studied here do not present genetic fragility for their subsistence. https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/56population geneticsisozymesStrombus gigas
spellingShingle Jorge A Tello-Cetina
Luis A Rodríguez-Gil
Faustino Rodríguez-Romero
Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery
Ciencias Marinas
population genetics
isozymes
Strombus gigas
title Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery
title_full Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery
title_fullStr Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery
title_full_unstemmed Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery
title_short Population genetics of the pink snail Strombus gigas in the Yucatan Peninsula:Implications for its management and fishery
title_sort population genetics of the pink snail strombus gigas in the yucatan peninsula implications for its management and fishery
topic population genetics
isozymes
Strombus gigas
url https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/56
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