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1 November 2010 Genetic Variability of Cultured Populations of Red Abalone in Chile: An Approach Based on Heterologous Microsatellites
Fabiola Lafarga De La Cruz, Miguel Ángel Del Río-Portilla, Cristian Gallardo-Escárate
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Abstract

To evaluate the current genetic status of Chilean abalone hatchery populations, we tested 25 heterologous microsatellite loci in Haliotis rufescens Swainson 1822. Successful cross-amplification was obtained with 13 microsatellite loci, and 7 were used to estimate genetic variability in 4 separate hatchery populations: 2 located in Caldera, 1 in Coquimbo (northern Chile), and one more on Chiloe Island (southern Chile). The number of alleles per locus (NA) ranged from 2–16, with an average of 8.86. Among populations, mean Ho and He values were 0.510 and 0.746, respectively, with significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at 23–28 of the population loci analyzed (82.1%). The FIS values calculated showed no significant differences among the different hatcheries analyzed. However, FIS values from the Caldera populations were close to panmixia values, whereas Coquimbo and Chiloe populations showed a slight tendency to endogamy. According to the FST and RST values, there are genetic differences among the populations, with the 3 northern hatcheries from Caldera and Coquimbo more related than the abalone population of southern Chile. In addition, comparison between California wild and Chilean hatchery abalone populations showed a loss of genetic diversity evidenced by microsatellite markers. The current study contributes to the genetic knowledge of the Chilean red abalone aquaculture resource and reveals the necessity to perform genetic monitoring in hatchery populations.

Fabiola Lafarga De La Cruz, Miguel Ángel Del Río-Portilla, and Cristian Gallardo-Escárate "Genetic Variability of Cultured Populations of Red Abalone in Chile: An Approach Based on Heterologous Microsatellites," Journal of Shellfish Research 29(3), 709-715, (1 November 2010). https://doi.org/10.2983/035.029.0323
Published: 1 November 2010
KEYWORDS
Abalone
cultured populations
genetic variability
Haliotis rufescens
heterologous primers
microsatellite loci
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