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Genetic variation, systematics and distribution of the venerid clam Chamelea gallina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Thierry Backeljau ,
Philippe Bouchet ,
Serge Gofas  and
Luc De Bruyn
Thierry Backeljau
Affiliation:
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Afdeling Malacologie, Vautierstraat 29, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium.
Philippe Bouchet
Affiliation:
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés Marins et Malacologie, 55 Rue de Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.
Serge Gofas
Affiliation:
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés Marins et Malacologie, 55 Rue de Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.
Luc De Bruyn
Affiliation:
Universiteit Antwerpen, Departement Biologie, Groenenborgerlaan 172, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
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Two morphotypes of the venerid bivalve Chamelea gallina (L.), viz. C. gallina s.s. and C. striatula, were electrophoretically compared at seven polymorphic enzyme loci. In three populations from the Ría Formosa (southern Portugal), both morphotypes occurred sympatrically. Analyses of genotype frequencies in these mixed populations revealed departures from Hardy-Weinberg expectations at nearly all loci. These deviations were mainly attributable to a Wahlund effect, caused by mixing the two morphotypes. Nei's mean unbiased genetic distance between the two forms was D=1·138, while the mean genetic distances between populations within morphotypes were D=0·083 in C. gallina s.s. and D=0·229 in C. striatula. It is therefore concluded that C. gallina and C. striatula are reproductively isolated (biological) species, the geographical distribution of which is outlined.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 211 - 223
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1994

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