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Single genetic stock of kawakawa Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) along the Indian coast inferred from sequence analyses of mitochondrial DNA D-loop region

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Title Single genetic stock of kawakawa Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) along the Indian coast inferred from sequence analyses of mitochondrial DNA D-loop region
 
Creator GirishKumar
Kunal, S.P.
Menezes, M.R.
Meena, R.
 
Subject tuna fisheries
species diversity
biomass
Euthynnus affinis
 
Description Kawakawa Euthynnus affinis is an epipelagic migratory tuna species, widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Kawakawa constitutes the largest tuna fishery in the Indian waters. In the present study, genetic variation was assessed using sequence analyses of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop region. A 500 bp segment of D-loop region was sequenced in 400 samples collected from eight localities (Veraval (VE), Ratnagiri (RA), Kochi (KO), Kavaratti (KA), Port-Blair (PB), Tuticorin (TU), Pondicherry (PO), and Vizag (VI)) along the Indian coast. Analysis of molecular variance of mtDNA data revealed no significant genetic differentiation among sites the (phi = 0.0028, P = 0.20723) indicating a single population along the Indian coast. Phylogenetic analysis revealed no obvious phylogeographic pattern separating the eight samples of kawakawa. However, the genealogical relationships demonstrated that mtDNA D-loop sequences belong to two different clades (clade I and clade II). Clade I is the major clade which consists of more than 98% specimens from each regional population while clade II has individuals from only three populations (VE, PO, and VI). Results of genetic analyses of the present study support a single stock management of kawakawa along the Indian coast.
 
Date 2012-07-27T11:52:40Z
2012-07-27T11:52:40Z
2012
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Conservation Genetics, vol.13; 2012; 1119-1131
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4108
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2012] Springer.
 
Publisher Springer