Genetic Variation in the Soft-Shelled Clam, Mya arenaria

1 December 1978

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Estuaries

Vol. 1 (4) , 255-258
https://doi.org/10.2307/1351528

Abstract

Genetic variability for two popula-tions, Maine and Maryland, of the soft-shelled clam,Mya arenaria, was estimated from electrophoretic anal-yses of whole clams. Polymorphism (12.5% in Maine and 16.7% in Maryland clams) and heterozygosity per individ-ual (4.6% in Maine and 6.6% in Maryland) were low for the two populations based on 40 loci in Maine and 42 loci in MarylandMya.

Keywords

TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE
CHESAPEAKE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
CLAM POPULATION
JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
AMERICAN OYSTER CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA

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