Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation.
One of the most relevant characteristics of the extant Southern Ocean fauna is its resiliency to survive glacial processes of the Quaternary. These climatic events produced catastrophic habitat reductions and forced some marine benthic species to move, adapt or go extinct. The marine benthic species...
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| author | Angie Díaz Karin Gérard Claudio González-Wevar Claudia Maturana Jean-Pierre Féral Bruno David Thomas Saucède Elie Poulin |
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| description | One of the most relevant characteristics of the extant Southern Ocean fauna is its resiliency to survive glacial processes of the Quaternary. These climatic events produced catastrophic habitat reductions and forced some marine benthic species to move, adapt or go extinct. The marine benthic species inhabiting the Antarctic upper continental shelf faced the Quaternary glaciations with different strategies that drastically modified population sizes and thus affected the amount and distribution of intraspecific genetic variation. Here we present new genetic information for the most conspicuous regular sea urchin of the Antarctic continental shelf, Sterechinus neumayeri. We studied the patterns of genetic diversity and structure in this broadcast-spawner across three Antarctic regions: Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and Adélie Land in East Antarctica. Genetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers suggested that S. neumayeri is a single genetic unit around the Antarctic continent. The species is characterized by low levels of genetic diversity and exhibits a typical star-like haplotype genealogy that supports the hypothesis of a single in situ refugium. Based on two mutation rates standardized for this genus, the Bayesian Skyline plot analyses detected a rapid demographic expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum. We propose a scenario of rapid postglacial expansion and recolonization of Antarctic shallow areas from a less ice-impacted refugium where the species survived the LGM. Considering the patterns of genetic diversity and structure recorded in the species, this refugium was probably located in East Antarctica. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71f183e79f0d4fba9cf7bffffe5d002a2025-08-20T02:46:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01136e019761110.1371/journal.pone.0197611Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation.Angie DíazKarin GérardClaudio González-WevarClaudia MaturanaJean-Pierre FéralBruno DavidThomas SaucèdeElie PoulinOne of the most relevant characteristics of the extant Southern Ocean fauna is its resiliency to survive glacial processes of the Quaternary. These climatic events produced catastrophic habitat reductions and forced some marine benthic species to move, adapt or go extinct. The marine benthic species inhabiting the Antarctic upper continental shelf faced the Quaternary glaciations with different strategies that drastically modified population sizes and thus affected the amount and distribution of intraspecific genetic variation. Here we present new genetic information for the most conspicuous regular sea urchin of the Antarctic continental shelf, Sterechinus neumayeri. We studied the patterns of genetic diversity and structure in this broadcast-spawner across three Antarctic regions: Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and Adélie Land in East Antarctica. Genetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers suggested that S. neumayeri is a single genetic unit around the Antarctic continent. The species is characterized by low levels of genetic diversity and exhibits a typical star-like haplotype genealogy that supports the hypothesis of a single in situ refugium. Based on two mutation rates standardized for this genus, the Bayesian Skyline plot analyses detected a rapid demographic expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum. We propose a scenario of rapid postglacial expansion and recolonization of Antarctic shallow areas from a less ice-impacted refugium where the species survived the LGM. Considering the patterns of genetic diversity and structure recorded in the species, this refugium was probably located in East Antarctica.https://storage.googleapis.com/plos-corpus-prod/10.1371/journal.pone.0197611/1/pone.0197611.pdf?X-Goog-Algorithm=GOOG4-RSA-SHA256&X-Goog-Credential=wombat-sa%40plos-prod.iam.gserviceaccount.com%2F20210222%2Fauto%2Fstorage%2Fgoog4_request&X-Goog-Date=20210222T101431Z&X-Goog-Expires=3600&X-Goog-SignedHeaders=host&X-Goog-Signature=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 |
| spellingShingle | Angie Díaz Karin Gérard Claudio González-Wevar Claudia Maturana Jean-Pierre Féral Bruno David Thomas Saucède Elie Poulin Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. PLoS ONE |
| title | Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. |
| title_full | Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. |
| title_fullStr | Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. |
| title_short | Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. |
| title_sort | genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin sterechinus neumayeri meissner 1900 in the southern ocean the role of the last glaciation |
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