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<p>A single-cell PCR method was applied to Pseudo-nitzschia pungens strains from the southern Black Sea. Based on the aligment set of the LSU D1-D3 region, a Bayesian molecular phylogeny analysis and a parsimony network analysis were used to investigate phylogenetic clades (Clades I-III) in P. pungens and to determine the ancestral clades. The parsimony network analysis also demonstrated that ancestral haplotypes belonged to Clade II, residing around the northeastern Pacific, while Clade I was distributed globally but antitropicaly. According to the findings of this study, the Black Sea strain (Clade III) shows a global phylogeographic pattern.</p>
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A single-cell PCR method was applied to Pseudo-nitzschia pungens strains from the southern Black Sea. Based on the aligment set of the LSU D1-D3 region, a Bayesian molecular phylogeny analysis and a parsimony network analysis were used to investigate phylogenetic clades (Clades I-III) in P. pungens and to determine the ancestral clades. The parsimony network analysis also demonstrated that ancestral haplotypes belonged to Clade II, residing around the northeastern Pacific, while Clade I was distributed globally but antitropicaly. According to the findings of this study, the Black Sea strain (Clade III) shows a global phylogeographic pattern.

A study on the phylogeny and phylogeography of a marine cosmopolite diatom from the southern Black Sea

Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Biology

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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A single-cell PCR method was applied to Pseudo-nitzschia pungens strains from the southern Black Sea. Based on the aligment set of the LSU D1-D3 region, a...

A study on the phylogeny and phylogeography of a marine cosmopolite diatom from the southern Black Sea

Published Online: Jan 23, 2014

Page range: 406 - 411

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0096-5

Keywords
Pseudo-nitzschia, Black Sea, LSU, Single cell PCR, Bayesian Inference, Network Analysis

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A study on the phylogeny and phylogeography of a marine cosmopolite diatom from the southern Black Sea

Published Online: Jan 23, 2014

Page range: 406 - 411

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0096-5

KeywordsPseudo-nitzschia, Black Sea, LSU, Single cell PCR, Bayesian Inference, Network Analysis

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Pseudo-nitzschia, Black Sea, LSU, Single cell PCR, Bayesian Inference, Network Analysis