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Geographic variation in allele frequencies at three loci in Chlamys opercularis from Norway to the Brittany coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. R. Beaumont
A. R. Beaumont
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N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL59 5EH
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Geographic variation of allele frequencies at four loci in Chlamys opercularis was investigated using electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels. Large differences were observed between populations at a protein locus, while some small but significant variations occurred at the phosphoglucomutase-2 and octopine dehydrogenase loci. The leucine aminopeptidase locus appeared monomorphic. On the basis of mean genetic identities derived from three loci in nine populations and hydrographic data on coastal current systems, it is proposed that there are at least four relatively genetically isolated populations of this scallop around the British Isles, namely (1) North and West Scottish coast, (2) the Irish Sea, (3) the Celtic Sea (Brittany coast) and (4) the English Channel. It is argued that both random genetic drift and selection may play a significant part in the establishment and retention of large allele frequency differences between isolated populations of this species.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , May 1982 , pp. 243 - 261
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1982

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