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Sea Turtle Population Genomic Discovery: Global and Locus-Specific Signatures of Polymorphism, Selection, and Adaptive Potential



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  • Journal Title:
    Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Personal Author:
    Chow, Julie C ; Anderson, Paul E ; Shedlock, Andrew M
  • NOAA Program & Office:
    NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
  • Description:
    In the era of genomics, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have become a preferred molecular marker to study signatures of selection and population structure and to enable improved population monitoring and conservation of vulnerable populations. We apply a SNP calling pipeline to assess population differentiation, visualize linkage disequilibrium, and identify loci with sex-specific genotypes of 45 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) sampled from the southeastern coast of the United States, including 42 individuals experimentally confirmed for gonadal sex. By performing reference-based SNP calling in independent runs of Stacks, 3,901–6,998 SNPs and up to 30 potentially sex-specific genotypes were identified. Up to 68 pairs of loci were found to be in complete linkage disequilibrium, potentially indicating regions of natural selection and adaptive evolution. This study provides a valuable SNP diagnostic workflow and a large body of new biomarkers for guiding targeted studies of sea turtle genome evolution and for managing legally protected nonmodel iconic species that have high economic and ecological importance but limited genomic resources.
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  • Source:
    Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(10), 2797-2806
  • DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz190
  • ISSN:
    1759-6653
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Publisher:
    Oxford University Press (OUP)
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA13NMF4720182
  • License:
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • Rights Information:
    CC BY
  • Compliance:
    Library
  • Download URL:
    https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/58977/noaa_58977_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 484.01 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:216907b800f9a474fc13fba7e42ffbe5c649691c8cad4d253a73128ef2ed11af
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