title: Concordant mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogenies for populations of the teleost fish Fundulus heteroclitus.
abstract: Molecular phylogenies using mitochondrial DNA and nuclear alleles of the lactate dehydrogenase B locus were found to be concordant for populations of Fundulus heteroclitus ranging from Canada to Florida. Both mitochondrial DNA and lactate dehydrogenase alleles show a clear separation between the northern individuals (from Nova Scotia and Maine) and the southern ones (from Georgia and Florida), with a mixed population found in the geographic intermediate (New Jersey). An historical isolation, possibly as ancient as 0.5-1 million years old, may have played a role in shaping the situation observed today.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sordino
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D006239:Haplotypes; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007695:Killifishes / Q000235:genetics*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D017931:DNA Primers; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase