Shallow population structure of southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) between Indian and Atlantic Oceans inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii Castelnau, 1872) is distributed across most of the southern temperate ocean and migrates extensively between 30°S and 50°S. Since T. maccoyii has been continually and heavily exploited, it is necessary to investigate the genetic diversity, population structure...

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Published in:Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources 2021-09, Vol.6 (9), p.2548-2552
Main Authors: Ku, Jeong Eun, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kim, Doo Nam, Lee, Sung Il
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cytochrome-c oxidase
Genetic diversity
Mitochondrial DNA
Nucleotide sequence
Oceans
Population genetics
Population structure
Rapid Communication
Southern bluefin tuna
Thunnus maccoyii
Tuna
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Summary:Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii Castelnau, 1872) is distributed across most of the southern temperate ocean and migrates extensively between 30°S and 50°S. Since T. maccoyii has been continually and heavily exploited, it is necessary to investigate the genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of T. maccoyii for effective management and conservation. Thirty-seven gonad tissues of T. maccoyii were sampled from two locations, which were in the eastern Indian Ocean and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, by scientific observers onboard Korean T. maccoyii longline vessels in 2015. We compared 1240-bp sequences of combined mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI, 504-bp) and control region (CR, 736-bp) sequences. The pairwise fixation index (F ST ) and maximum-likelihood tree showed that two clades (A and B) were formed regardless of locations. Clade A occurred more commonly than clade B in both localities: the occurrence ratio of clade A was 69% in the Indian Ocean, and 79% in the Atlantic Ocean, respectively. Our findings suggest that a historic differentiation event may have occurred in T. maccoyii, but recently the connectivity between the two oceans may be possible in T. maccoyii populations.
ISSN:2380-2359
2380-2359
DOI:10.1080/23802359.2021.1959455