Population Genetic Structure of Wing Shell (Strombus canarium) along the Andaman Sea Coast

Authors

  • Juthamas Suppapan Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University
  • Verakiat Supmee

Abstract

Wing shell (Strombus canarium) is an important commercial fishery product in Southern Thailand. Due to dramatic decreases in S. canarium populations, caused by overexploitation, an effective sustainable management strategy is needed. This plan needs to be based on detailed information of genetic features. In this study, population genetic structure and demographic history of the wing shell (Strombus canarium) living along the Andaman Sea coast was analyzed based on the variation of the nucleotide sequence (497 bp) of mitochondrial DNA in cytochrome oxidase subunit I. The mtDNA sequences of 84 individual collected from 5 sampling sites: Satun, Trang, Krabi, Phuket and Phang Nga province, were analyzed. In total, 17 haplotypes were identified. Estimated values of haplotype and nucleotide diversities were 0.762 and 0.002, respectively. Neutrality tests (Tajima's D and Fu's FS statistics) showed that Andaman populations of S. canarium had experienced expansion. In addition, the analysis of mismatch distribution accepted the sudden expansion model. The approximate time of the expansion was 100,000 years ago during the Pleistocene period. The topology of a minimum spanning network (MSN) was a star topology and did not indicate any distinct pattern of phylogeographic structure. An AMOVA analysis showed no genetic structure among populations. The analysis of pairwise differences (FST) also showed no statistically significant difference between all possible regional combinations. Based on these results, an absence of a population structure of S. canarium on the Andaman Sea coast was possibly caused by a high level of gene flow. The results revealed by this study are necessary information contributing to efficient strategies to conserve this species in Andaman Sea.                          Keywords : mitochondrial DNA, genetic diversity, demographic history, Wing shell, Andaman Sea.

Author Biography

Juthamas Suppapan, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University

Master of Education in Science program, Faculty of Education, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80280

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2016-10-10