Harpadon nehereus is a widespread economical fish found in the coastal seas of China and has important ecological value in the marine ecosystem.H_(o)wever,its germplasm resources have been seriously degraded due to na...Harpadon nehereus is a widespread economical fish found in the coastal seas of China and has important ecological value in the marine ecosystem.H_(o)wever,its germplasm resources have been seriously degraded due to natural factors and anthropogenic activities.In this study,high-throughput sequencing was applied to search for microsatellite loci in H.nehereus transcriptome to provide references for its resource conservation and utilization.Polymorphic loci were developed by non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis,and their cross-species amplified ability was detected in three related species.A total of 5652 microsatellites were identified from 16974320 unigenes.Among the primer pairs designed for 100 SSRs for PCR amplification,80%were successfully amplified,and 26 loci were polymorphic with a high number of alleles from 3 to 11 each.The expected(H_(e))and observed(H_(o))heterozygosities were 0.355–0.885 and 0.375–0.958,respectively.Most of the loci were highly polymorphic(polymorphism information content:0.316–0.852;mean:0.713),and these markers can be applied in the population genetic diversity research of H.nehereus.H_(o)wever,the transferability of these primers was low,probably because of the close relation of the collected species.In follow-up work,simple sequence repeats will be excavated with genome-based technologies,and related species will be gathered to address the present inadequacies.展开更多
Bombay duck(Harpadon nehereus)is an economically important species in the estuarine and coastal offshore waters of the Indo-West Pacific.This study aims to reveal the genome-wide genetic characteristics of five popula...Bombay duck(Harpadon nehereus)is an economically important species in the estuarine and coastal offshore waters of the Indo-West Pacific.This study aims to reveal the genome-wide genetic characteristics of five populations of H.nehereus from the coastal areas of China by using the genotyping-by-sequencing technique.After strict filtering,32088 high-quality single-nucleotide polymorphism markers were detected and analyzed.The average observed heterozygosity and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.41651 to 0.56725 and from 0.30998 to 0.45531,respectively,indicating that heterozygosity excess occurred in H.nehereus populations.The nucleotide diversity ranged from 0.63664 to 0.74868,which was larger than those from other marine fishes.No obvious genetic structure was detected among H.nehereus populations,and the genetic variation originated within individuals.Extensive gene exchange caused by longshore currents in the reproductive season might be the primary reason for the weak genetic differentiation.Among various environmental factors,water temperature might be the key element affecting the genetic structure of H.nehereus.Due to the destruction and overfishing of spawning grounds,the fishery resources declined in recent years.This study could serve as a reference for the resource protection and rational utilization of H.nehereus.展开更多
基金supported by the Scientific Research Projects of Department of Education of Zhejiang Province(No.Y201942611)the Science and Technology Innovation Project of College Students in Zhejiang Province(No.2021R411008)the Open Foundation from Marine Sciences in the First-Class Subjects of Zhejiang Province.
文摘Harpadon nehereus is a widespread economical fish found in the coastal seas of China and has important ecological value in the marine ecosystem.H_(o)wever,its germplasm resources have been seriously degraded due to natural factors and anthropogenic activities.In this study,high-throughput sequencing was applied to search for microsatellite loci in H.nehereus transcriptome to provide references for its resource conservation and utilization.Polymorphic loci were developed by non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis,and their cross-species amplified ability was detected in three related species.A total of 5652 microsatellites were identified from 16974320 unigenes.Among the primer pairs designed for 100 SSRs for PCR amplification,80%were successfully amplified,and 26 loci were polymorphic with a high number of alleles from 3 to 11 each.The expected(H_(e))and observed(H_(o))heterozygosities were 0.355–0.885 and 0.375–0.958,respectively.Most of the loci were highly polymorphic(polymorphism information content:0.316–0.852;mean:0.713),and these markers can be applied in the population genetic diversity research of H.nehereus.H_(o)wever,the transferability of these primers was low,probably because of the close relation of the collected species.In follow-up work,simple sequence repeats will be excavated with genome-based technologies,and related species will be gathered to address the present inadequacies.
基金supported by the Scientific Research Projects of the Zhejiang Bureau of Education(No.Y201942611)the Open Foundation from Marine Sciences in the First-Class Subjects of Zhejiang Province.
文摘Bombay duck(Harpadon nehereus)is an economically important species in the estuarine and coastal offshore waters of the Indo-West Pacific.This study aims to reveal the genome-wide genetic characteristics of five populations of H.nehereus from the coastal areas of China by using the genotyping-by-sequencing technique.After strict filtering,32088 high-quality single-nucleotide polymorphism markers were detected and analyzed.The average observed heterozygosity and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.41651 to 0.56725 and from 0.30998 to 0.45531,respectively,indicating that heterozygosity excess occurred in H.nehereus populations.The nucleotide diversity ranged from 0.63664 to 0.74868,which was larger than those from other marine fishes.No obvious genetic structure was detected among H.nehereus populations,and the genetic variation originated within individuals.Extensive gene exchange caused by longshore currents in the reproductive season might be the primary reason for the weak genetic differentiation.Among various environmental factors,water temperature might be the key element affecting the genetic structure of H.nehereus.Due to the destruction and overfishing of spawning grounds,the fishery resources declined in recent years.This study could serve as a reference for the resource protection and rational utilization of H.nehereus.
