Análisis molecular de Acipenser sturio L., 1758 y Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815: una revisión

Molecular phylogeny based on the analysis of partial sequences of mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b (cyt b), 12S, and 16S genes supports a close relationship between the European Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio L., 1758, and the American Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815. These...

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Autores: Birstein, V. J., Doukakis, P.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/319624
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/319624
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Esturión atlántico
Medio Marino
citocromo b
diversidad genética
filogenia
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Sumario:Molecular phylogeny based on the analysis of partial sequences of mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b (cyt b), 12S, and 16S genes supports a close relationship between the European Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio L., 1758, and the American Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815. These sister species form a separate clade within the genus Acipenser and appear to be the most basal clade with respect to all other species of the genus. Intraspecifically, at least two different genetic forms have been found within A. sturio (in the Northern and Baltic seas), but no defined subspecies exist. For A. oxyrinchus, fixed differences in the control region and cyt b gene distinguish the two subspecies, the Atlantic sturgeon A. oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 and the Gulf of Mexico sturgeon A. oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955. Within A. o. oxyrinchus, a pronounced latitudinal cline in haplotype diversity exists from north to south along the eastern coast of North America. This greater genetic diversity in southern populations is most likely a result of population continuity through the Pleistocene. Monomorphism within the two northernmost, post-Pleistocene A. o. oxyrinchus populations indicates a probable founder effect. A. o. desotoi also displays a significant geographic structuring of populations in different river systems. Because of the lack of A. sturio individuals necessary for population studies and the close relationship between this species and A. oxyrinchus, the genetic characteristics and structure of A. oxyrinchus can be regarded as a model for A. sturio. The only opportunity for future detailed molecular study of A. sturio resides in using tissue samples from sturgeon specimens kept in various European museums.