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Crossing the Divide: Admixture Across the Antarctic Polar Front Revealed by the Brittle Star Astrotoma agassizii


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dc.contributorScott Santos, santosr@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorGalaska, Matthew P
dc.creatorSands, Chester J
dc.creatorSantos, Scott R
dc.creatorMahon, Andrew R
dc.creatorHalanych, Kenneth M
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-31T23:29:53Z
dc.date.available2019-07-31T23:29:53Z
dc.date.created2017
dc.identifier10.1086/693460en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/49434
dc.description.abstractThe Antarctic Polar Front (APF) is one of the most well-defined and persistent oceanographic features on the planet and serves as a barrier to dispersal between the Southern Ocean and lower latitudes. High levels of endemism in the Southern Ocean have been attributed to this barrier, whereas the accompanying Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) likely promotes west-to-east dispersal. Previous phylogeographic work on the brittle star Astrotoma agassizii Lyman, 1875 based on mitochondrial genes suggested isolation across the APF, even though populations in both South American waters and the Southern Ocean are morphologically indistinguishable. Here, we revisit this finding using a high-resolution 2b-RAD (restriction-site-associated DNA) single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based approach, in addition to enlarged mitochondrial DNA data sets (16S rDNA, COI, and COII), for comparison to previous work. In total, 955 biallelic SNP loci confirmed the existence of strongly divergent populations on either side of the Drake Passage. Interestingly, genetic admixture was detected between South America and the Southern Ocean in five individuals on both sides of the APF, revealing evidence of recent or ongoing genetic contact. We also identified two differentiated populations on the Patagonian Shelf with six admixed individuals from these two populations. These findings suggest that the APF is a strong but imperfect barrier. Fluctuations in location and strength of the APF and ACC due to climate shifts may have profound consequences for levels of admixture or endemism in this region of the world.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.format.extent14 Pagesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe Biological Bulletinen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1939-8697en_US
dc.rights© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectAntarctic Circumpolar Currenten_US
dc.subjectAntarctic Regionsen_US
dc.subjectAntarctic Polar Fronten_US
dc.subjectPhylogenyen_US
dc.subjectPhylogeographyen_US
dc.subjectRADen_US
dc.subjectrestriction-site-associated DNAen_US
dc.subjectsingle-nucleotide polymorphismen_US
dc.subjectbrittle staren_US
dc.subjectAstrotoma agassiziien_US
dc.titleCrossing the Divide: Admixture Across the Antarctic Polar Front Revealed by the Brittle Star Astrotoma agassiziien_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume232en_US
dc.citation.issue3en_US
dc.citation.spage198en_US
dc.citation.epage211en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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