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dc.contributor.authorBarbieri, Michele Charlie
dc.contributor.authorDeidun, Alan
dc.contributor.authorMaltagliati, Ferruccio
dc.contributor.authorCastelli, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T12:43:39Z
dc.date.available2018-02-01T12:43:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationBarbieri, M., Deidun, A., Maltagliati, F., & Castelli, A. (2015). A contribution to the phylogeography of Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814)(Bivalvia: Pteriidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea by means of the mitochondrial COI marker. Italian Journal of Zoology, 83(1), 113-120.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26299
dc.description.abstractPinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814) was the first Lessepsian bivalve reported in the Mediterranean Sea where it is progressively expanding westward. Its native range includes the Indian Ocean and western Atlantic. The present study provides the first insight into the species’ phylogeographic structure, by analysing sequences of a 385-bp region of the mitochondrial gene coding for the subunit I of the cytochrome c oxydase (COI). Sixty-four individuals collected at seven Mediterranean localities were sequenced; in addition, eight COI sequences of individuals from the species’ native range (Persian Gulf) were retrieved from GenBank. Overall, we detected 10 haplotypes. Samples from both the native range and invaded localities were characterised by low levels of haplotype and nucleotide diversity (total h = 0.351, total π = 0.0013). Significant genetic divergence was found between Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea samples, whereas very shallow genetic structuring was observed within the Mediterranean study area. Moreover, no pattern of isolation by distance was detected in the Mediterranean. From a historical demography perspective, our results on Mediterranean samples were consistent with a very recent, or even ongoing, demographic expansion. Range expansion of exotic thermophilic species in this area is a widely observed phenomenon that many authors have related to global warming.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectGenetics -- Research -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectBiological invasions -- Mediterranean Seaen_GB
dc.subjectIntroduced organisms -- Mediterranean Seaen_GB
dc.subjectMitochondrial DNAen_GB
dc.titleA contribution to the phylogeography of Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814)(Bivalvia : Pteriidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea by means of the mitochondrial COI markeren_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/11250003.2015.1106012
dc.publication.titleItalian Journal of Zoologyen_GB
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