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Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba
Citation
W P Goodall-Copestake1, S Pérez-Espona2, M S Clark1, E J Murphy1, P J Seear1 and G A Tarling1(2010) Swarms of diversity at the gene cox1 in Antarctic krill. In press 2010 https://doi.org/10.15468/pdf3kc
Contact: Grant, Rachel

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Description
Swarms of diversity at the gene cox1 in Antarctic krill. more

The Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is an abundant and key species found in the Southern Ocean that forms dense, discrete swarms. Despite over three decades of research on Antarctic krill, the genetics of individual swarms is yet to be specifically investigated. In this study, we address the genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of nine Antarctic krill swarms by sequencing 1173 bases of the gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1, COI) from 504 individuals. Both haplotype diversity (h=0.9974–1.0000) and nucleotide diversity (À=0.010275–0.011537) of Antarctic krill swarm samples was consistently high compared with populations of other species reported in the literature. Analysis of molecular variance did not show any significant genetic structure, thus implying that the sampled swarms do not appear to reflect discrete genetic units. Fu's Fs and Bayesian Skyride analyses provided strong evidence for a large increase in the population size of Antarctic krill, or selection favouring a particular mitochondrial lineage, within the last few 100 000 years (Pleistocene). The swarm-level results presented in this study not only further our understanding of Antarctic krill biology but, because of the economical importance of this species, also provide data to consider for future krill stock management.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data, Genetic diversity, Marine Genomics, Antarctica, Euphausia superba Dana, 1850

Geographical coverage
Antarctica [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 1 January 2003 on [Completed]
Unknown

Taxonomic coverage
Euphausia superba Dana, 1850 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Genetic DNA sequence
Molecular data
Occurrence of biota

Contributor
Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
Grant, Rachel

Related datasets
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
RAS: Register of Antarctic Species

Publication
Based on this dataset
Goodall-Copestake, W.P. et al. (2010). Swarms of diversity at the gene cox1 in Antarctic krill. Heredity 104(5): 513-518. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2009.188

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2010-03-12
Information last updated: 2019-04-09
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