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EST and mitochondrial DNA sequences support a distinct Pacific form of salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis
Yazawa, R.; Yasuike, M.; Leong, J.; von Schalburg, K.; Cooper, G.A.; Beetz-Sargent, M.; Robb, A.; Davidson, W.S.; Jones, S.R.M.; Koop, B.F. (2008). EST and mitochondrial DNA sequences support a distinct Pacific form of salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Mar. Biotechnol. 10(6): 741-749
In: Marine Biotechnology. Springer-Verlag: New York. ISSN 1436-2228; e-ISSN 1436-2236, more
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Keywords
    Nucleotide sequences > Expressed sequence tags
    Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Yazawa, R.
  • Yasuike, M.
  • Leong, J.
  • von Schalburg, K.
  • Cooper, G.A.
  • Beetz-Sargent, M.
  • Robb, A.
  • Davidson, W.S.
  • Jones, S.R.M.
  • Koop, B.F.

Abstract
    Nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid sequences from approximately 15,000 salmon louse expressed sequence tags (ESTs), the complete mitochondrial genome (16,148bp) of salmon louse, and 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) and cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) genes from 68 salmon lice collected from Japan, Alaska, and western Canada support a Pacific lineage of Lepeophtheirus salmonis that is distinct from that occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. On average, nuclear genes are 3.2% different, the complete mitochondrial genome is 7.1% different, and 16S rRNA and COI genes are 4.2% and 6.1% different, respectively. Reduced genetic diversity within the Pacific form of L. salmonis is consistent with an introduction into the Pacific from the Atlantic Ocean. The level of divergence is consistent with the hypothesis that the Pacific form of L. salmonis coevolved with Pacific salmon (Onchorhynchus spp.) and the Atlantic form coevolved with Atlantic salmonids (Salmo spp.) independently for the last 2.5-11 million years. The level of genetic divergence coincides with the opportunity for migration of fish between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins via the Arctic Ocean with the opening of the Bering Strait, approximately 5 million years ago. The genetic differences may help explain apparent differences in pathogenicity and environmental sensitivity documented for the Atlantic and Pacific forms of L. salmonis.

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