Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation in Saugers

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Author: White, Matthew M.
• Other Authors: Ohio University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Hudson Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2012.675921; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00028487.2012.675921

Abstract Despite extensive work documenting genetic variation in walleyes Sander vitreus , relatively little is known about the distribution of variation in saugers S. canadensis . Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation was surveyed among samples of saugers to assess the magnitude and distribution of variation among sauger populations. Sequencing of 847 bases of the mitochondrial DNA control region in 60 individuals yielded 19 haplotypes that differed by 0.1–0.8%. Several haplotypes were broadly distributed across the range sampled. The data support the hypothesis of a single glacial refugium. There was no evidence of multiple refugia within which sauger populations could have differentiated. A single Mississippian refuge is consistent with the data and with likely routes of colonization of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River and the Hudson Bay drainage. A mismatch distribution analysis among haplotypes suggested a recent population expansion; the presence of haplotypes with broad distributions is also consistent with a recent range expansion. Little differentiation among sauger haplotypes suggests a recent divergence.