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Taxonomic Status and Phylogenetic Relationships of Some Species of the GenusGammarus(Crustacea, Amphipoda) Deduced from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

✍ Scribed by Jean-Claude Meyran; Monique Monnerot; Pierre Taberlet

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 154 KB
Volume: 8
Category: Article
ISSN: 1055-7903
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0399

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✦ Synopsis

Mitochondrial DNA nucleotide sequence analysis was used to determine the extent of genetic differentiation among six species of the genus Gammarus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) common in France (G. fossarum, G. pulex, G. lacustris, G. wautieri, G. roeseli, G. marinus). From 23 different populations, 104 specimens were compared to examine their taxonomic status and their phylogenetic relationships. Nucleotide sequences for a 376-base segment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene were obtained through direct sequencing of amplified DNA. The strong sequence variability found at the interspecific level, generally masked by morphological or ecological similarities, is consistent with that observed for other crustaceans and supports existing species classifications. A high level of genetic variation was observed at the intraspecific level, suggesting that the COI gene will be a powerful marker for amphipod population biology. Based on the mitochondrial population biology. Based on the mitochondrial DNA results, we propose a phylogenetic hypothesis of the relationships among the six studied species, which is discussed in biogeographic and evolutionary terms.

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