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Contamination acts as a genotype-dependent barrier to gene flow, causing genetic erosion and fine-grained population subdivision in Mussels from the Strait of Istanbul.
Ecotoxicology (London, England) - 1 Jan 2024
Theodorakis Christopher W, Meyer Mary-Ann, Okay Oya, Yakan Sevil Deniz, Schramm Karl-Werner
Abstract excerpt
This study provides evidence of fine-grained genetic structuring in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from the Strait of Istanbul, caused by barriers to gene flow via contaminant-mediated selection. In this study, mitochondrial D-loop sequences were analyzed in mussels from 8 localities, all less than 30 kilometers apart, with differing contaminant loads. The results were: 1) Intra-population...
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