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<p>Genetic structure and genetic distance of <italic>Rapana venosa</italic> populations from remote regions of the Black Sea (Odessa Bay and eastern Crimea, Ukraine) were defined. Despite the significant difference in morphometric parameters, the investigated samples of mollusks are genetically very similar, and the distance between them is at the level of local populations. Common features of observed groups of <italic>Rapana</italic> in the northern part of the Black Sea are the unequal occurrence of some alleles and genotypes, a high level of heterozygosity and nonequilibrium in the Hardy-Weinberg equation. The gene flow is the most significant of the evolutionary factors that form the genetic structure of <italic>Rapana venosa</italic> populations.</p>
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Genetic structure and genetic distance of Rapana venosa populations from remote regions of the Black Sea (Odessa Bay and eastern Crimea, Ukraine) were defined. Despite the significant difference in morphometric parameters, the investigated samples of mollusks are genetically very similar, and the distance between them is at the level of local populations. Common features of observed groups of Rapana in the northern part of the Black Sea are the unequal occurrence of some alleles and genotypes, a high level of heterozygosity and nonequilibrium in the Hardy-Weinberg equation. The gene flow is the most significant of the evolutionary factors that form the genetic structure of Rapana venosa populations.

Population genetic indices of veined Rapa whelk groups of the Black Sea remote regions

Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University

Biological Faculty, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Genetic structure and genetic distance of Rapana venosa populations from remote regions of the Black Sea (Odessa Bay and eastern Crimea, Ukraine) were defined....

Population genetic indices of veined Rapa whelk groups of the Black Sea remote regions

Published Online: Jan 07, 2023

Page range: 45 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2021-0010

Keywords
allozyme analysis, genetic distance, evolutionary factors, gene flow

© 2022 Valentin Toptikov et al., published by Sciendo

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

Population genetic indices of veined Rapa whelk groups of the Black Sea remote regions

Published Online: Jan 07, 2023

Page range: 45 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2021-0010

Keywordsallozyme analysis, genetic distance, evolutionary factors, gene flow

© 2022 Valentin Toptikov et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
allozyme analysis, genetic distance, evolutionary factors, gene flow