Genetic differentiation between the New Zealand and Falkland Islands populations of southern blue whiting Micromesistius australis |
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| Authors: | A W Ryan P J Smith J Mork |
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| Institution: | 1. Trondhjem Biological Station , The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim, N‐7491, Norway;2. Sir Patrick Dun Research Laboratory, Central Pathology Laboratory , St James’ Hospital , Dublin 8, Ireland;3. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited , P.O. Box 14 901, Wellington, New Zealand E-mail: p.smith@niwa.cri.nz;4. Trondhjem Biological Station , The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim, N‐7491, Norway |
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| Abstract: | The southern blue whiting Micromesistius australis (Norman, 1937) is found in two geographically distinct areas, the South Atlantic and south‐west Pacific Oceans. To date there has been no appraisal of the genetic relationships between the populations in these two areas. Here, we present analyses of New Zealand and Falkland southern blue whiting using mini‐ and microsatellite loci. Two out of six loci show highly significant allele frequency heterogeneities between the two areas, strongly suggesting genetically distinct populations. |
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| Keywords: | Micromesistius australis minisatellite DNA microsatellite DNA New Zealand Falkland Islands |
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