Genetic variation in a small bivalve along a retreating glacier fjord, King George Island, Antarctica.

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  • Carlos Muñoz-Ramirez
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • Maribel Beltrán-Concha
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • Karla Pérez-Araneda
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • Chester Sands
    British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  • David Barnes
    British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  • Alejandro Roman-Gonzalez
    University of Exeter
  • Ander De Lecea
    South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute
  • Katherine Retallick
  • Katrien Van Landeghem
  • Katy Sheen
    University of Exeter
  • Kelly Gonnelli
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • James D. Scourse
    University of Exeter
  • Miguel Bascur
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • Antonio Brante
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Climate change is strongly influencing regions of Antarctica but the consequences on microevolutionary processes have been little studied. Patterns of population genetic diversity were analysed in the Antarctic bivalve Nuculana inaequisculpta (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) from a fjord with 70 years of documented climate-forced glacier retreat. Thirty-nine individuals from five sites at different distances from the glacier terminus were collected, and the COI gene was sequenced from each individual. No statistically significant genetic differentiation was found between sites nor a significant correlation between the proximity of glaciers and genetic diversity, suggesting a high dispersal capability and therefore, a planktonic larval stage for this species.

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  • COI, climate change, dispersal capability, Western Antarctic Peninsula
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-156
JournalRevista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía
Volume56
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2021

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