ddRAD genotyping reveals hierarchical genetic population structure in anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in the Lower Northwest Passage, Nunavut

Author:

Li Peiwen11,van Coeverden de Groot Peter11,Clemente-Carvalho Rute B.G.11,Lougheed Stephen C.11

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Queen’s University, 116 Barrie Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.

Abstract

Contemporary intraspecific patterns of genetic variation reflect the historical effects of population subdivision–expansion and forces like drift, gene flow, and selection. We investigated the population structure of anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in the Lower Northwest Passage (LNWP), Nunavut, using 3074 genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms markers (SNPs). Overall, the genetic differentiation was weak to moderate among 18 sampling locales (global FST = 0.037). Populations were structured hierarchically, with a deeper genetic division between King William Island (global FST = 0.018) and mainland populations ∼200 km away to the south (global FST = 0.018), and some evidence of genetic subgroups within the former. These findings suggest a role for char migratory behaviour in shaping contemporary genetic population structure, with demographic modelling favouring an isolation with migration over a strict isolation scenario. Twenty-two SNPs were identified as potentially under divergent selection with putative functions including neurotransmission and bone development and growth during late embryogenesis. Our study is the first survey of Arctic char in the LNWP using genomics and provides baseline data for the development of a sustainable fishery within this region.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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