Genetic Variability and Population Genetic Structure of Marbled Flounder <i>Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae</i> in Korea and Japan Inferred from mtDNA Control Region Sequences
2024
Woo-Seok Gwak | Animesh Roy
The marbled flounder (<i>Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae</i>) is a demersal flatfish species, widely distributed in the northwestern Pacific region. In the present study, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region was used to determine the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of this species. We obtained a 380 bp segment of the mtDNA control region after the alignment of 78 individual sequences from <i>P. yokohamae</i> collected from two locations in Korea (Biungdo and Mukho) and one location in Japan (Tohoku) and 103 individual sequences from a previous study (Yokjido and Namhae). The overall haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity were 0.983 ± 0.003 and 0.016 ± 0.008, respectively. The genealogical relationships of the mtDNA control region did not exhibit any specific genealogical association according to sampling location. The pairwise <i>F</i><sub>ST</sub> value indicated that the Biungdo (west coast of Korea) and Tohoku (Japan) populations showed genetically differentiated structures (but the Tohoku and Mukho populations did not). However, there was no discernible difference between the Mukho population from Korea’s eastern coast and the Yokjido and Namhae populations from the southern coast. The biological characteristics of <i>P. yokohamae</i> and oceanographic barriers may have contributed to producing genetically distinct populations.
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