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Genetic variation in the neritic squid Loligo forbesi (Myopsida: Loliginidae) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean

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Horizontal starch gel electrophoresis was employed to investigate levels of genetic differentiation between 13 samples of the neritic squid species Loligo forbesi Steenstrup obtained from throughout the majority of its known geographical range. Six enzyme loci identified in a preliminary study as being polymorphic were screened for variation between samples. No significant differences in allele distribution were detected between any of the samples obtained from the Faroe Bank in the north to Lisbon in the south, suggesting that squid throughout this range in the vicinity of the continental shelf are able to maintain panmixia, and effectively belong to a single population sharing a common gene pool. No clinal variation in allele distribution was detected throughout this range, a result which complements the findings of a detailed morphological companion study of the same individuals. Comparison of this homogenous European continental shelf population with squid from the Azores revealed highly significant (P<0.01) differences in allele distribution at five of the six polymorphic enzyme loci studied. A genetic identity value (I) equivalent to 0.93 over 33 loci was obtained. Analysis of F-statistics suggested migration rates between sites to be as low as one individual per five generations, a rate deemed insufficient under most models to prevent divergence by random genetic drift. The large distance and oceanic depths separating the Azores from continental Europe seem to present an effective barrier to gene flow to L. forbesi, a squid belonging to a family considered to be confined in distribution to relatively shallow, near coastal waters. The two populations of squid in the Azores and along the European continental shelf currently both ascribed to L. forbesi should therefore probably best be regarded as relative subspecies.

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    Present address: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Roach, CB3 OET, Cambridge, England

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  1. Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Liverpool, Port Erin Marine Laboratory, TM9 6JA, Port Erin, Isle of Man

    A. S. Brierley, J. P. Thorpe & M. R. Clarke

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, AB9 2TN, Aberdeen, Scotland

    G. J. Pierce & P. R. Boyle

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Brierley, A.S., Thorpe, J.P., Pierce, G.J. et al. Genetic variation in the neritic squid Loligo forbesi (Myopsida: Loliginidae) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology 122, 79–86 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349280

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