P Shum
Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish
Shum, P; Pampoulie, C; Sacchi, C; Mariani, S
Authors
C Pampoulie
C Sacchi
S Mariani
Abstract
Despite the striking physical and environmental gradients associated with depth variation in the oceans, relatively little is known about their impact on population diversification, adaptation and speciation. Changes in light associated with increasing depth are likely to alter the visual environment of organisms, and adaptive changes in visual systems may be expected. The pelagic beaked redfish, Sebastes mentella, exhibits depth-associated patterns of substructure in the central North Atlantic, with a widely distributed shallow-pelagic population inhabiting waters between 250 and 550 m depth and a deep-pelagic population dwelling between 550 and 800 m. Here we performed a molecular genetic investigation of samples from fish collected from ‘shallow’ and ‘deep’ populations, using the mitochondrial control region and the gene coding for the visual-pigment rhodopsin. We identify patterns suggestive of potential adaptation to different depths, by detecting a specific amino acid replacement at the rhodopsin gene. Mitochondrial DNA results reflect a scenario of long-term demographic independence between the two S. mentella groups, and raise the possibility that these ‘stocks’ may in fact be two incipient species.
Citation
Shum, P., Pampoulie, C., Sacchi, C., & Mariani, S. (2014). Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish. PeerJ, 2, e525. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 25, 2014 |
Publication Date | Aug 14, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Jan 14, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 5, 2016 |
Journal | PeerJ |
Publisher | PeerJ |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 2 |
Pages | e525 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525 |
Related Public URLs | https://peerj.com/ |
Additional Information | Funders : University College Dublin (UCD);Marine Research Institute (MRI);University of Salford |
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