Fisheries Research 175 (2016) 1–9
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Population genetics of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda:
Ommastrephidae) in the northern Humboldt Current system based on
mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers
a a b c
Gustavo Sanchez , Satoshi Tomano , Carmen Yamashiro , Ricardo Fujita ,
d e a,∗
Toshie Wakabayashi , Mitsuo Sakai , Tetsuya Umino
a
Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
b
Unidad de Investigación en Invertebrados Marinos, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Esquina Gamarra y General Valle s/n, Chucuito, Callao, Peru
c
Centro de Genética y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina Humana de la Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru
d
Department of Fisheries Science and Technology, National Fisheries University, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi 759-6595, Japan
e
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0841, Japan
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: Jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, is commercially important species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, principally
Received 15 June 2015
in the Northern Humboldt Current System where is notably abundant. In this area, jumbo squid display
Received in revised form 24 October 2015
difference in density at geographical level, in size of mature individuals and inter-annual demographic
Accepted 4 November 2015
fluctuation. Thereby, a population genetics study of jumbo squid in this location is needed especially for
Available online 21 November 2015
fisheries management. This study evaluated the population genetic of this squid (n = 120) based on novel
microsatellite loci and 675 bp of the mtDNA ND2 divided into two groups according to the Geographical
Keywords:
density and Size at maturity. Our results at nuclear loci showed an overall low genetic diversity and no
Population genetics
signatures of genetic differentiation of any group. At mtDNA loci level, low but significant genetic differ-
Jumbo squid
Microsatellite entiation were detected between Small (n = 33) and Large (n = 39) populations. The low genetic diversity
mtDNA ND2 is more likely explained by a historical demographic expansion whereas the contradictory results of
Northern Humboldt Current system population structure may be due to the low number of microsatellite loci in HWE, different maternal
history of this species or the different influence of genetic drift on mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Fur-
thermore, demographic history analysis suggested that jumbo squid population went through a period
of pure demographic expansion over the last 50,000 years ago. This study provides results of combined
nuclear and mtDNA molecular markers that was never reported before and may represent a valuable
information for the monitoring of the population genetic of this species.
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1. Introduction 2001). In addition, a recent extension to 60 N during unusual warm
surface waters in 2004 has been reported (Cosgrove, 2005; Wing,
The ommastrephid squid Dosidicus gigas (d’Orbigny, 1835) also 2006). Sub-populations of this species throughout its geographical
known as the jumbo or Humboldt squid is one of the largest and distribution have been previously identified based on the mature
most abundant nektonic squid in the epipelagic zone of the world’s individual sizes determined as dorsal mantle length (Nigmatullin
oceans (Roper et al., 1984). Jumbo squid is endemic to the East- et al., 2001). Small individual-size population is found predomi-
ern Pacific Ocean and its distribution commonly stretches from nantly in equatorial waters, the Medium individual-size population
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30 N to 25 S and occasionally from 40 N to 47 S (Nigmatullin et al., along the species distribution, and the Large individual-size popula-
tion in the northern and southern peripheries of the total range. This
size variations is explained by two different hypotheses; the first
suggests the presence of genetically distinct populations (Nesis,
∗
Corresponding author. Fax: +81 824 24 7944. 1983), whereas the second and more plausible suggests the pres-
E-mail addresses: [email protected]
ence of these populations as a response to environmental variation
(G. Sanchez), [email protected] (S. Tomano),
and food availability (Keyl et al., 2008; Sandoval-Castellanos et al.,
[email protected] (C. Yamashiro), [email protected]
2009; Staaf et al., 2010; Tafur et al., 2010).
(R. Fujita), twakaba@fish-u.ac.jp (T. Wakabayashi), [email protected] (M. Sakai), [email protected] (T. Umino).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.11.005
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Landing of jumbo squid occurs mainly within the exclusive catch density at geographical level and size of mature individuals
economic zones (EEZs) of Peru, Chile, and Mexico with a com- (DML). Additionally, an evaluation of jumbo squid in an extensive
bined annual production of approximately 0.66–0.75 million tons area of the Humboldt Current System was analyzed with sequences
between the years 2008 and 2012 (FAO, 2014). Particularly, the from the Chilean waters.
marine ecosystem off Peru, i.e., the northern Humboldt Current
System (HCS), is one of the most productive areas with remark-
2. Materials and methods
able fisheries production compared to currents of the Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans (Bakun and Weeks, 2008). Here, jumbo squid is
2.1. Sample collection and DNA extraction
highly abundant and supports one of the world’s most impor-
tant invertebrate fisheries (Roper et al., 1984; Taipe et al., 2001;
A total of 120 individuals of jumbo squid were collected in
Yamashiro et al, 1998). During 2012, overall global production of ◦
Peruvian waters at 4–16 S by the research vessel R/V Kaiyo Maru
jumbo squid in Peru was estimated at >0.49 million tons, which
from December 16th 2011 to January 19th 2012 (Fig. 1). The dorsal
represents more than 50% of its global production in all of the fish-
mantle length (DML) of each individual was measured and histolog-
eries areas within the EEZ and international offshore waters(FAO,
ical techniques were performed to determine the maturity stage.
2014). The main fishing grounds for this squid in the Peruvian
◦ Immediately after measure, approximately 2 cm of muscular tissue
EEZ are situated between 2 and 10 S, whereas fishing in interna-
◦ from arm was isolated from each individual and stored in 99.5%
tional waters off Peru are situated between 3 and 18 S (Waluda
ethanol for molecular analysis. Genomic DNA was extracted from
and Rodhouse, 2005). The international fleet mainly consists of
a small piece of tissue using TNES-urea buffer (Asahida et al., 1996)
vessels with Asian flag (Korea, China, and Japan), which landed
followed by the standard phenol-chloroform isolation.
0.28 million tons combined in the Pacific South East in 2012
The analysis was performed on the basis of two different groups,
(FAO, 2014). However, production of this species may be sub-
herein named as Geographical density (catch density at geographi-
jected to high inter-annual variability. In fact, high variability in
cal level) and Size at maturity group. For the first group, individuals
catch density of jumbo squid was reported during 1991–1999 at
were pooled according to the geographical origin of the sam-
geographical level along Peruvian coast, with high concentrations ◦ ◦
◦ ◦ ples and named as North (4–10 S) and Central–South (11–16 S)
from 3 24 –9 S to low-medium densities observed in the south
populations. For the second group, individuals were pooled into
(Taipe et al., 2001). Additionally, year to year fluctuations in catches
Small, Medium, and Large population according to the DML at
occurred in Peruvian waters (Rodhouse, 2001; Waluda et al., 2006)
maturity data following Nigmatullin et al. (2001) with a slight
with a remarkable high abundance after a strong El Nino˜ event in
modification to exclude overlapping between populations. Consid-
1997–1998. Therefore, this fluctuation is possibly influenced by cli-
ering males and females, the modification was as follows: Small
matic variations such as the variable El Nino˜ Southern Oscillation
population (13–26 cm and 14–34 cm, respectively), medium popu-
(ENSO) events in the upwelling system off Peru (Rodhouse, 2001)
lation (27–42 cm and 35–60 cm, respectively), and large population
and by of the overexploitation (Xavier et al., 2014).
(43–50 cm and 61–120 cm, respectively).
Squid have natural ability to recover from low biomass—level
that may occur during unfavorable conditions, nonetheless a strong
2.2. Microsatellite development
fishing pressure during such periods could negatively affect the
recovery process and, consequently, their fishing stocks (Arkhipkin
Pooled Genomic DNA from the arm tissue of seven individ-
et al., 2015). Thus, considering the importance that jumbo squid
uals of jumbo squid was digested with Sau3AI. DNA fragments
represents for global cephalopod catch, it is essential to under-
between 500 and 1000 bp were selected from agarose gel using a
stand the drivers affecting the spatial and temporal variations,
QIA-quick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen, Germany). Around 300 ng of
density and further how these yearly fluctuations affect the popu-
the fragments was ligated into a pUC19 vector according to manu-
lation of this species. Most commonly used methods in the recent
facterıs´ protocol (Takara Bio Inc., Japan), transferred into competent
times, besides well-established biometrics to identify and distin-
Echerichia coli bacteria JM109 (Takara) and grown on agar media
guish squid populations, are population genetic studies.
containing ampicillin, IPTG and X-gal for blue-white screening. Pos-
One of the primary goals of population genetics studies is
itive clones containing microsatellites were identified by colony
to understand the population structure, intraspecific variability
PCR with universal M13 primer and chemiluminescence using Dig-
and gene flow of the species by the identification of discrete
(GT) hybridization probes and Digoxigenin nucleic acid detection
sub-populations or the so called “stocks” using nuclear and/or mito- 15
kit (Boehringer Mannheim, Germany). A total of 122 positive clones
chondrial DNA markers (Palsbøll et al., 2007). The identification of
from 2112 colonies were sequenced using the ABI 3130x1 Genetic
these stocks represent an important component for effective fish-
Analyzer with BigDye Terminator v3.1 (Applied Biosystem). The
eries management (Begg et al., 1999). Unidentified genetic stocks
online software Primer3 v.0.4.0 (http://bioinfo.ut.ee/primer3-0.4.
may be heavily impacted by natural and/or anthropogenic stresses
0) was then used to design primer set for candidate microsatellites.
that may lead to loss of genetic diversity.
Either the forward or reverse primer was labelled at the 5 end
To date, population genetics assessment of jumbo squid have
with FAM, NED, VIC or PET. The PCR amplification was performed
only been carried out through allozyme polymorphisms (Yokawa,
in a total volume of 5 L containing 2.5 L KOD buffer,1 L dNTP,
1995), random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR (RAPD-PCR)
0.1 L KOD polymerase (Toyobo Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan), 0.2 mM
with single strand confirmation polymorphism (SSCP) (Sandoval-
each primer and approximately 25 ng template DNA. PCR was per-
Castellanos et al., 2009), and sequencing of mtDNA (Ibanez˜ et al.,
formed in a Mastercycler Gradient 96-Well system (Eppendorf,
2011; Sandoval-Castellanos et al., 2010; Staaf et al., 2010) but no
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Hamburg, Germany) with initial denaturation at 94 C for 4 min
studies with fast-mutation DNA markers such as microsatellites;
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followed by 30 cycles of 94 C for 1 min, locus-specific annealing
one of the most powerful molecular marker to assess the population
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temperatures (Table S1) for 1 min and 72 C for 1 min; and a final
genetic of species, have been performed yet.
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extension at 72 C for 10 min. Then, 1 L of diluted PCR products
The goal of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity, sig-
was mixed with a solution of 8.6 L of formamide and 0.4 L of
natures of past demographic events, and population structure of
TM ®
GeneScan -600 LIZ size standard (Applied Biosystem). This mix-
jumbo squid in Peruvian waters based on novel microsatellite loci
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ture was denatured at 95 C for 3 min and then ran through an ABI
and mitochondrial DNA NADH dehydrogenase 2 (ND2). We evalu-
3130x1 Genetic Analyzer (Applied Biosystem).
ated our samples pooled in two different groups according to the
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Fig. 1. Dosidicus gigas study area and the number of individuals sampled in each location. A dashed line indicates the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Peru.
2.3. Sequencing of mtDNA ND2 tests. At this point of the study, only loci in HWE with the initial
24 individuals amplified were selected for further analysis to avoid
A fragment of 675 base pair was obtained with the primers SqSF- the impact of non-genotyped individuals.
forward 5 -GCTGCTAACTTTATTTTGAGC-3 and DCOR2-reverse The above-mentioned softwares were also used to assess poly-
5 -ATTAGTCTTAGAGAAGTTCC-3 designed by Staaf et al. (2010). morphism in the 120 individuals. Further, Micro-Checker software
For each individual, PCR reaction was carried out in a total vol- (Van Oosterhout et al., 2004) was used to asses null alleles and
ume of 5 L containing 2.5 L KOD buffer,1 L dNTP, 0.1 L KOD scoring errors for loci with departure from HWE.
polymerase (Toyobo Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan), 0.2 mM each primer To estimate genetic structure, global AMOVA and estimation
and approximately 25 ng template DNA. PCR was performed in of pairwise F-statistics (FST) based on 10,000 permutations were
a Mastercycler Gradient 96-Well system (Eppendorf, Hamburg, performed in Arlequin v3.5.1.2. To overcome a possible bias when
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Germany) with initial denaturation at 94 C for 2 min followed by individuals were pooled, Bayesian clustering analysis was also per-
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40 cycles of 94 C for 10 s, 46 C for 30 s and 72 C for 1 min; and a formed using Structure v.2.3.4 (Pritchard et al., 2000) based on
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final extension at 72 C for 7 min. PCR products were treated with admixture and correlated allele frequencies model with 10 inde-
ExoSAP-IT (Affymetrix/USB Corporation, Cleveland, OH) and then pendent run and genetic clustering K ranged from 1 to 4 without
sequenced using BigDye v3.1 Terminator Sequencing Kit (Applied prior information on the origin of individuals. Each run consisted
Biosystems) with the forward primer on a Genetic Analyzer (ABI of 1,000,000 Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) repetitions and a
3130x1, Applied Biosystems). burn-in period of 100,000. Structure output was visualized with the
web-based program Structure Harvester (http://taylor0.biology.
ucla.edu/structureHarvester) (Earl and vonHoldt, 2012).
2.4. Data analysis
For mitochondrial ND2, chromatograms were manually checked
using Chromas lite 2.1.1 (Technelysium Pty. Ltd.) and sequences
2.4.1. Genetic diversity and population structure
alignment were performed with Clustal W (Thompson et al., 1994)
For microsatellite loci, length variants were visualized and
◦ implemented in MEGA 6.0 (Tamura et al., 2013). Number of haplo-
genotyped in 24 individuals belonging to the North (∼4 S)
types (h), number of polymorphic sites (S), haplotype diversity (HD)
group using Peak Scanner Software v1.0 (Applied Biosystems).
(Nei, 1987) and nucleotide diversity ( ) (Nei, 1987) were estimated
Observed (HO) and expected (HE) heterozygosity, departure from
with DnaSP v. 5.10 (Librado and Rozas, 2009).
the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), and genotypic linkage
The genetic differentiation within both groups was evaluated
disequilibrium (LD) were tested using Arlequin v3.5.1.2 (Excoffier
with the same software and procedures as microsatellite data
and Lischer, 2010); whereas the number of alleles (A) were esti-
(global AMOVA and pairwise FST mentioned above). The relation-
mated with FSTAT 2.9.3.2 (Goudet, 1995). Additionally, we used
ship among the haplotypes generated were visualized by a 95%
Bonferroni corrected p-values to assess the significance of multiple
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statistical parsimony network using the program TSC 1.21 (Clement LC017894–LC017911). The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 27.
et al., 2000). For these analyses, 59 additional sequences represent- HO and HE ranged from 0.042 to 0.958 and from 0.042 to 0.963
ing samples from Chile in 2005 and 2006 (Staaf et al., 2010) were respectively. After Bonferroni correction, no significant LD was
retrieved from GenBank (HQ612278.1–HQ612336.1) to include detected between any pairs of locus and significant departure from
missing haplotypes. HWE was found at eight loci (p < 0.0027). From the ten loci in HWE,
one amplified only in 20 individuals (Dgigas-8) and another had low
polymorphism with only 2 alleles (Dgigas-10). Thus, the remaining
2.4.2. Demographic analysis
eight loci in HWE were used for the total individuals (n = 120).
From the total individuals, inference of pattern on historical
demographic were based on neutrality tests, mismatch distribu-
tion, and Bayesian skyline plots from the mtDNA ND2 region. For
3.2. Genetic diversity
the neutrality tests, Tajima’s D test based on the frequency of segre-
gating sites (Tajima, 1989) and Fu’s Fs test based on the distribution
Estimation of genetic diversity across eight microsatellite DNA
of haplotypes (Fu, 1997) were performed using Arlequin v3.5.1.2
loci is summarized in Table 1. The mean number of alleles (NA)
with 10,000 permutations.
was 21.5 and 18.75 for the North and Central–South populations,
For mismatch distribution, the observed distribution of pair-
respectively. The mean observed and expected heterozygosity
wise differences between sequences (Rogers and Harpending,
(HO/HE) at eight loci was 0.712/0.828 and 0.658/0.825 for the North
1992) were compared with expected distribution under sudden
and Central–South populations, respectively. None of the LD tests
population expansion in Arlequin v3.5.1.2. The unimodal distri-
were significant for any pair of loci. After sequential Bonferroni
bution indicated that the population had passed through a either
correction, departures from HWE were found at loci Dgigas-2,
bottleneck or demographic expansion; whereas the bimodal or
Dgigas-6, and Dgigas-7 in the North population and at loci Dgigas-
multimodal distributions indicated that the population has been
1, Dgigas-2, Dgigas-3, Dgigas-6, and Dgigas-7 in the Central–South
stable over long time. The validation of our result to the demo-
population. Micro-checker tests confirmed the presence of null
graphic expansion model was evaluated by a goodness of fit test
alleles at these loci. Scoring errors were found in locus Dgigas-1.
using a parametric bootstrap based on the sum of square devia-
Finally, only the HWE loci Dgigas-4, Dgigas-5, and Dgigas-9 were
tions (SSD) and Harpending’s raggedness index (Hri) (Harpending,
considered for further analysis. The average HO/HE in the HWE loci
1994) as implemented in Arlequin v3.5.1.2.
was 0.667/0.772 and 0.622/0.747 for the North and Central–South
Furthermore, the demographic expansion parameter tau ( ) was
populations, respectively and 0.644/0.759 as a mean of loci in the
calculated in Arlequin v3.5.1.2. and the expansion time was esti-
total population.
mated from the equation = 2 ut (Rogers and Harpending, 1992)
For mitochondrial DNA diversity, a product of 675 base pairs was
where t is the number of generation and u is the mutation rate
successfully obtained from the total individuals (n = 120). Thirty-
of the sequence analyzed. The parameter u which was calculated
seven haplotypes were found in the entire dataset. The most
according to the equation u = 2 k, where is the mutation rate per
common haplotype H1 was found in 53 individuals followed by H2
nucleotide per site and k is the length of the sequence, in this study
with 22 individuals (Table S2, Supplemental material). All of the 37
675 bp. The expansion time in years was calculated by multiplying t
haplotypes were deposited in GenBank with the accession numbers
by the generation time (∼1 year, general assumption). Considering
−1 LC060315–LC060434. For each population, genetic diversity indices
a divergence time twice the mutation rate, the value of 1.2/Myr
are shown in Table 2. Overall, 37 different haplotypes and 41 vari-
was used for as proposed by Hellberg and Vacquier (1999) (2.4%
able sites; including 30 singleton variable sites and 11 parsimony
for gastropod genus Tegula).
informative sites were found. Additionally, values of haplotype
To reconstruct the demographic history of jumbo squid, we
and nucleotide diversity were moderate in the overall dataset
used the Bayesian skyline plot (BSP) approach implemented in
(HD = 0.772 ± 0.036, = 0.00233 ± 0.00025). Furthermore, HD was
Beast v1.8.1 (Drummond et al., 2012). BSP is a useful method for
0.798 ± 0.051 and 0.746 ± 0.048, whereas was 0.00217 ± 0.00027
tracking the past population dynamics with all the parameter of
and 0.00244 ± 0.00038 for the North and Central–South popula-
demographic history pooled into a single analysis. The best model
tions, respectively.
that fit our data set was TrN (TN93 in Beast software) as inferred
The TCS parsimony network showed two main clusters (H1 and
with BIC (Bayesian information criterion) using jModeltest 2.1.6
H2) with a small genetic distance of 1–3 mutation steps. Within
(Posada, 2008) (-ln(likelihood) = 1185.18, BIC = 3953.44). The anal-
7 each cluster, most of the haplotypes were differentiated by one
ysis was performed with three independent runs of 7 × 10 MCMC
mutation step. Furthermore, the most dominant haplotypes (H1
in every 7000 steps obtaining an effective sample size (ESS) of >400.
and H2) in Peruvian waters were also the dominant haplotypes in
The number of grouped intervals (m) was set at 10. The mutation
−8 an extensive area of the Humboldt Current system (Fig. 2).
rate per year was set at 1.2 × 10 assuming the generation time
mentioned above; whereas the uncorrelated exponential model
distribution was used as the best model that fitted our data, selected
3.3. Demographic history
by Bayes factor comparison (log10Bayes Factor = 3.367). Each inde-
pendent log file and tree file was pooled using LogCombiner v.1.8.1
Significant negatives values of Fu’s Fs and Tajima’s D tests indi-
(implemented in Beast package) with a burn-in of 10%. The sky-
cate the presence of a recent demographic expansion of jumbo
line plot generated was visualized with Tracer v.1.5. (Drummond
squid (Table 3). Additionally, the unimodal distribution of the total
and Rambaut, 2007). BSP is shown as population size (Ne) vs years
dataset fitted the curve of demographic expansion model (Fig. 3).
before present (Ho and Shapiro, 2011).
These results were also supported by the non-significant SSD and
Hri tests (Table 3).
The time of population expansion based on the parameter
3. Results
tau ( = 1.412) was estimated to be approximately 43,500 years
ago. Furthermore, Bayesian skyline analysis revealed a population
3.1. Microsatellite development
growth with an increase in the effective population size of females
to a median of 22 million individuals (95% HPD = 0.49–60.9 million)
A summary of the eighteen polymorphic microsatellite loci
over the last 50,000 years (Fig. 4).
isolated is shown in the Table S1. (Genbank accession numbers
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Table 1
Genetic diversity at eight microsatellite loci for the Geographical density group. n, Number of individuals; A, number of alleles; S (bp), allelic size range; HO, observed
heterozygosity; HE, expected heterozygosity; p-value, probability of departure from HWE. Value in bold refers to loci with significant departures from HWE after Bonferroni
corrections (p < 0.00625).
Population Locus
Dgigas-1 Dgigas-2 Dgigas-3 Dgigas-4 Dgigas-5 Dgigas-6 Dgigas-7 Dgigas-9 Mean
Geographical density
North (n = 60)
A 15 30 22 9 24 41 18 11 21.25
S (bp) 121–179 138–216 144–244 125–153 165–219 200–324 153–237 145–185 –
HO 0.533 0.783 0.883 0.433 0.867 0.717 0.783 0.700 0.712
HE 0.618 0.954 0.919 0.521 0.930 0.890 0.925 0.863 0.828
p-Value 0.0159 0.0000 0.1239 0.2407 0.6439 0.0031 0.0015 0.0494 –
Central–South (n = 60)
A 12 28 15 9 20 39 15 12 18.75
S (bp) 121–171 142–216 160–228 125–153 169–213 212–330 177–233 145–189 –
HO 0.467 0.783 0.800 0.367 0.717 0.633 0.717 0.783 0.658
HE 0.665 0.949 0.907 0.456 0.898 0.912 0.930 0.885 0.825
p-Value 0.0018 0.0019 0.0036 0.0481 0.0073 0.0002 0.0000 0.0219 –
Mean of loci
A 13.5 29 18.5 9 22 40 16.5 11.5 20
HO 0.500 0.783 0.842 0.400 0.792 0.675 0.750 0.742 0.685
HE 0.641 0.952 0.913 0.489 0.914 0.901 0.927 0.874 0.827
Table 2
Molecular diversity indices for Dosidicus gigas in the northern Humboldt Current based on ND2 sequences.
Population n S h HD ± SD ± SD
North 60 27 24 0.798 ± 0.051 0.00217 ± 0.00027
Central–South 60 18 16 0.746 ± 0.048 0.00244 ± 0.00038
All 120 41 37 0.772 ± 0.036 0.00233 ± 0.00025
Fig. 2. Haplotype parsimony network for Dosidicus gigas in an extensive area of the Humboldt Current System. Each circle represents the haplotypes and the area is
proportional to the frequencies of individuals. Each dash represents one mutation step and small black dots indicate absent haplotypes. The circles at the bottom of the figure
are the scale of the respective number of individuals in the network.
Table 3
Demographic parameters estimated for Dosidicus gigas in the northern Humboldt Current. *Statistically significant values (p < 0.05).
Population Fuıs´ Fs (P) Tajimaıs´ D (P) SSD (P) Hri (P)
North −26.074 (0.000)* −2.399 (0.000)* 0.001 (0.620) 0.060 (0.270)
Central–South −1.756 (0.021)* −9.403 (0.000)* 0.011 (0.110) 0.060 (0.400)
Overall −2.440 (0.001)* −27.998 (0.000)* 0.002 (0.190) 0.050 (0.370)
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Table 4
Global AMOVA for both Geographical density and Size at maturity groups based on mtDNA ND2 and HWE microsatellite loci. *Statistically significant values (p < 0.05).
Source of variation mtDNA ND2 HWE microsatellite loci
d.f Sum of squares Variance components Percentage variation d.f Sum of squares Variance components Percentage variation
Geographical density
Among populations 1 1.8 0.01706 Va 2.15 1 1.754 0.00513 Va 0.45
Within population 118 91.633 0.77655 Vb 97.85 238 271 1.13866 Vb 99.55
Fixation index FST = 0.02149* FST = 0.00448
Size at maturity
Among populations 2 2.615 0.01344 Va 1.7 2 1.353 −0.00033 Va −0.05
Within population 117 90.819 0.77623 Vb 98.3 237 166.468 0.70239 Vb 100.05
Fixation index FST = 0.01701* FST = − 0.00046
Table 5
Analysis of pairwise FST for both Geographical density and Size at maturity groups.
For each group, upper triangular matrix: values based on mtDNA sequence data and
lower triangular matrix: values based on microsatellite data. *Statistically significant
values (p < 0.05).
Geographical density
North Central–South
North – 0.02149*
Central–South 0.00448 –
Size at maturity
Small Medium Large
Small – 0.01998 0.02608*
Medium 0.00062 – 0.0097
−
Large 0.0083 0.0038 –
Fig. 3. Mismatch distribution of mitochondrial DNA ND2 haplotypes for the total
tion between the Small and Large populations. When analysis was
Dosidicus gigas dataset (n = 120) in the northern Humboldt Current system under
made between males from the Small (n = 15) and Large (n = 12)
the sudden population expansion model.
populations, the pairwise FST analysis showed a non-significant
(p > 0.05) and negative FST value (FST = −0.015). However, the anal-
ysis between females from the Small (n = 18) and Large (n = 27)
3.4. Population structure
populations, resulted in significant (p < 0.05) FST value (FST = 0.050)
(data not shown).
At microsatellite loci in HWE (Dgigas-4, Dgigas-5, and Dgigas-
Global AMOVA and pairwise FST comparison analysis in both
9 for Geographical density and Dgigas-3 and Dgigas-4 for Size at
groups are shown in Tables 4 and 5, respectively. Besides, analysis
maturity), neither global AMOVA nor pairwise FST analysis showed
based on HWE loci from the Size at maturity group is shown in
significant value of genetic differentiation at any groups.
Table S3 (Supplemental material).
At mtDNA loci, global AMOVA showed low but significant fix-
In addition, Bayesian clustering analysis for both the Geograph-
ation indexes in the Geographical density and Size at maturity
ical density and Size at maturity groups failed to detect any genetic
groups (FST = 0.02149 and 0.01701, respectively). In addition, pair-
structure, with the highest posterior probability value for K = 1 (ln
wise FST analysis supported the results obtained by global AMOVA,
P[K/X] = −1469.37 and −902.23, respectively).
indicating a low but significant (FST = 0.02608) genetic differentia-
Fig. 4. Bayesian skyline plot for Dosidicus gigas with mitochondrial DNA ND2. Curve represents changes in the effective population size. Thick solid line represents the median
estimate of the population size and the gray area denotes the 95% HPD intervals.
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4. Discussion 1988; Rodhouse et al., 1995). Thefore, the wide distribution of
jumbo squid could lessen the impact of fisheries.
4.1. Genetic diversity and demographic history Historical events could better explain the low genetic diversity
observed. The star-like shape of the haplotype network, unimodal
In this study, we found high percentage of microsatellite loci mismatch distribution, significantly negative neutrality tests and
with departures from HWE in jumbo squid (62.5% and 75% for the Bayesian skyline suggest a primary hypothesis of pure demographic
Geographical density and Size at maturity groups, respectively). For expansion. Although a historical bottleneck event can produce
oegopsid squids, the highest number of loci with HWE departures similar result in the haplotype network, BSP does not showed
previously reported was in Todarodes pacificus (54.4%) (Iwata et al., any signatures of a strong reduction of populations followed by
2008). a population expansion. Similar influence of demographic events
One possible explanation for the HWE departures is the poten- in the Humboldt current was also observed in the myopsid squid
tial high fecundity of females of this species, reported as the Doryteuthis gahi, showing less genetic diversity in Peruvian pop-
highest for all cephalopods with 0.3–13 million oocytes per indi- ulation in contrast with the Chilean population, with evidence of
vidual (Nigmatullin et al., 2001). Marine invertebrates have many demographic expansion for the first population (Ibánez˜ and Poulin,
variations in life history traits that are correlated with the HWE 2014).
departures (Addison and Hart, 2005). High genetic load is expected In order to avoid a bias in the past demographic history analy-
in organism with highly fecundity (Williams, 1975) and the increas- sis of jumbo squid, two different approaches were evaluated, the