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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57625-3
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [2015R1D1A2A01058987, 2018R1D1A1A02086230]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2018R1D1A1A02086230, 2015R1D1A2A01058987] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The modern-day distribution of freshwater fishes throughout multiple rivers is likely the result of past migration during times when currently separate drainages were once connected. Here, we used mitochondrial and microsatellite analyses for 248 individuals of Rhodeus notatus collected from seven different rivers to obtain better understand historical gene flow of freshwater fish on the Korean Peninsula. Based on our phylogenetic analyses, this Korean species originated through the paleo-Yellow River from China and first colonized near the west coast. These genetic data also provided evidence of estuary coalescences among the rivers flowing to the west and southwest coast on well-developed continental shelf. In addition, the pattern of population structure revealed the biogeodispersal route from the west coast to the south coast. It could be inferred that massive migration was not involved in the formation of southern populations, since the signature of historical genetic drift was clearly observed. Our study is the first genetic attempt to confirm hypotheses describing the migration of freshwater species towards the end of East Asia, which have previously been developed using only geological reasoning.
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