Novel tools for conservation genetics in marine fish: population structure and evolution of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) inferred by SNP variation and applications to traceability

Milano, Ilaria (2012) Novel tools for conservation genetics in marine fish: population structure and evolution of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) inferred by SNP variation and applications to traceability, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Biodiversità ed evoluzione, 24 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4728.
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Abstract

The research presented in my PhD thesis is part of a wider European project, FishPopTrace, focused on traceability of fish populations and products. My work was aimed at developing and analyzing novel genetic tools for a widely distributed marine fish species, the European hake (Merluccius merluccius), in order to investigate population genetic structure and explore potential applications to traceability scenarios. A total of 395 SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) were discovered from a massive collection of Expressed Sequence Tags, obtained by high-throughput sequencing, and validated on 19 geographic samples from Atlantic and Mediterranean. Genome-scan approaches were applied to identify polymorphisms on genes potentially under divergent selection (outlier SNPs), showing higher genetic differentiation among populations respect to the average observed across loci. Comparative analysis on population structure were carried out on putative neutral and outlier loci at wide (Atlantic and Mediterranean samples) and regional (samples within each basin) spatial scales, to disentangle the effects of demographic and adaptive evolutionary forces on European hake populations genetic structure. Results demonstrated the potential of outlier loci to unveil fine scale genetic structure, possibly identifying locally adapted populations, despite the weak signal showed from putative neutral SNPs. The application of outlier SNPs within the framework of fishery resources management was also explored. A minimum panel of SNP markers showing maximum discriminatory power was selected and applied to a traceability scenario aiming at identifying the basin (and hence the stock) of origin, Atlantic or Mediterranean, of individual fish. This case study illustrates how molecular analytical technologies have operational potential in real-world contexts, and more specifically, potential to support fisheries control and enforcement and fish and fish product traceability.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Milano, Ilaria
Supervisore
Co-supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze biologiche, biomediche e biotecnologiche
Ciclo
24
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
FishPopTrace, European hake, Merluccius merluccius, non-model species, marine fish, high-throughput sequencing, NGS, transcriptome, Expressed Sequence Tags, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, SNP discovery, genome-scan, outlier loci, divergent selection, adaptive variation, candidate genes, population structure, seafood, traceability, fisheries control, assignment test
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4728
Data di discussione
17 Maggio 2012
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