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Ochando González, María Dolores

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María Dolores
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Ochando González
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Biológicas
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    Mitochondrial DNA variability in Spanish populations of A. italicus inferred from the analysis of a COI region
    (Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2011) Matallanas, Beatriz; Ochando González, María Dolores; Vivero, Almudena; Beroiz Remírez, Beatriz; Alonso, Fernando; Callejas Hervás, Carmen
    Austropotamobius italicus was once widely distributed throughout most of the country’s limestone basins in Spain. But its populations have shown a very strong decline over the last thirty years, due to different factors. Thus, the species now enjoys protection under regional, national and international legislation. Therefore, knowledge of the levels and patterns of distribution of genetic diversity in crayfish populations is critical when making conservation management decisions. In the present work, the current genetic structure of Spanish populations of white-clawed crayfish, A. italicus, was analyzed. Eleven Spanish populations and an Italian sample were studied through an 1184 bp-lentgh sequence of cytochrome oxidase subunit I mitochondrial gene. Data analysis revealed the existence of eight haplotypes in the Iberian Peninsula, the highest diversity reported to date in Spanish crayfish. Also a substantial genetic differentiation among populations was found, with a clear geographic pattern. The genetic variability found in these populations is similar to, and even higher, than that reported in previous studies on other Spanish and European populations of A. italicus. Thus, given the current risk status of the species across its range, this variability in certain populations offers some hope for the species from a management point of view.