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Population bottleneck and effective size in Bonamia ostreae-resistant populations of Ostrea edulis as inferred by microsatellite markers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2002

SOPHIE LAUNEY
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Génétique et Pathologie (LGP), BP 133 Ronce les Bains, 17390 La Tremblade, France
MARC BARRE
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Génétique et Pathologie (LGP), BP 133 Ronce les Bains, 17390 La Tremblade, France
ANDRE GERARD
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Génétique et Pathologie (LGP), BP 133 Ronce les Bains, 17390 La Tremblade, France
YAMAMA NACIRI-GRAVEN
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Génétique et Pathologie (LGP), BP 133 Ronce les Bains, 17390 La Tremblade, France Current address: Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, 1, chemin de l'Impératrice, CP 60, 1292 Chambésy, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Abstract

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Genetic variability at five microsatellite loci was analysed in three hatchery-propagated populations of the flat oyster, Ostrea edulis. These populations were part of a selection programme for resistance to the protozoan parasite Bonamia ostreae and were produced by mass spawns, without control of the genealogy. Evidence for population bottlenecks and inbreeding was sought. A reduction in the number of alleles, mainly due to the loss of rare alleles, was observed in all selected populations, relative to the natural population from which they were derived. Heterozygote excesses were observed in two populations, and were attributed to substructuring of the population into a small number of families. Pedigree reconstruction showed that these two populations were produced by at most two spawning events involving a limited number of parents. Most individuals within these populations are half or full-sib, as shown by relatedness coefficients. The occurrence of population bottlenecks was supported by estimates of effective number of breeders derived by three methods: temporal variance in allelic frequencies, heterozygote excess, and a new method based on reduction in the number of alleles. The estimates from the different methods were consistent. The evidence for bottleneck and small effective number of breeders are expected to lead to increasing inbreeding, and have important consequences for the future management of the three O. edulis selected populations.

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Research Article
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press