Journal Article
The genetic population structure and temporal genetic stability of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata populations in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, using microsatellite DNA markers
Konstantinos Gkagkavouzis; Nikoleta Karaiskou; Theodora Katopodi; Ioannis Leonardos; Theodore J. Abatzopoulos; Alexander Triantafyllidis
Journal of Fish Biology · Vol. 94, Issue 4 · pp. 606-613 · 2019
Abstract
We examined 662 gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata from wild samples of the species in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, using 20 EST‐linked microsatellite markers, in three multiplex panels, as well as seven anonymous loci. Most of the markers were revealed to be highly polymorphic. We found low genetic differentiation between the sampling stations/areas with total F ST 0.002 ( P S. aurata as well as of other aquaculture species with a potential introgression among farmed and wild populations.