Five populations of the invasive species Limnoperna fortunei were studied using polymorphic molecular (nine allozyme loci) and morphological (11 traits) markers in order to understand the patterns of genetic and morphological variability, structure and dispersion dynamics of this species in South America. High levels of genetic variability were found in South American invasive populations, and significant deviations from the Hardy-Weinberg proportions clearly indicated that the invasion process is still under way, probably by means other than natural migration.
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1 March 2018
High Levels of Genetic and Morphological Variability in Invasive Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) Populations in South America
Michelle Rezende Duarte,
Ana Clara Paz Otegui,
Flavio da Costa Fernandes,
Edson Pereira Silva
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Malacologia
Vol. 62 • No. 1
March 2018
Vol. 62 • No. 1
March 2018
alien species
allozymes
Bioinvasion
golden mussel
Limnoperna fortunei
morphometry
population genetics