Title
Data from: Secondary contact and asymmetrical gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine fish across the Benguela upwelling zone
Document Type
Data
DOI
10.5061/dryad.11cd0
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Description
The combination of oceanographic barriers and habitat heterogeneity are known to reduce connectivity and leave specific genetic signatures in the demographic history of marine species. However, barriers to gene flow in the marine environment are almost never impermeable which inevitably allows secondary contact to occur. In this study eight sampling sites (five along the South African coastline, one each in Angola, Senegal and Portugal) were chosen to examine the population genetic structure and phylogeographic history of the cosmopolitan bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), distributed across a large South-east Atlantic upwelling zone. Bayesian clustering and FST analyses were applied to mtDNA cytochrome b, intron AM2B1 and 15 microsatellite loci. We detected uncharacteristically high genetic differentiation (FST 0.15-0.20; p<0.001) between the fish sampled from South Africa and the other sites, strongly influenced by five outlier microsatellite loci located in conserved intergenic regions. In addition, differentiation among the remaining East Atlantic sites was detected, although mtDNA indicated past isolation with subsequent secondary contact between these East Atlantic populations. We further identified secondary contact, with unidirectional gene flow from South Africa to Angola. The directional contact is likely explained by a combination of the northward flowing offshore current and endogenous incompatibilities restricting integration of certain regions of the genome and limiting gene flow to the south. The results confirm that the dynamic system associated with the Benguela Current upwelling zone influences species distributions and population processes in the South-east Atlantic.,EastAltantic_genotypic data_PsaltatrixMicrosatellite genotypic data for Pomatomus saltatrixIMa_combined_elf_15loci_1IMa input file, 15 loci (cytochrome b, AM2B1 intron and 13 microsatellite loci)IMa_elf_com_out_mu1_22IMa output file 15 loci (cytochrome b, AM2B1 intron and 15 microsatellite loci),
Publisher
DRYAD
Recommended Citation
Graves, J.E.; Klopper, A.W.; Reid, K.; Dos, Santos S.M.R.; Potts, W.M.; Hoareau, T.B.; Bloomer, P. (2016), "Data from: Secondary contact and asymmetrical gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine fish across the Benguela upwelling zone", DRYAD, doi: 10.5061/dryad.11cd0
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.11cd0
Source Link
http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.11cd0
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