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ArticleMolecular ecology2025

Reduced-Representation Sequencing Detects Trans-Arctic Connectivity and Local Adaptation in Polar Cod (Boreogadus saida).

Sarah M Maes, Marie L Verheye, Caroline Bouchard, Enora Geslain, Bart Hellemans, Torild Johansen, Magnus Lucassen, Felix C Mark, Anna H Ólafsdóttir, Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm and 5 more

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Article in Molecular ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Sarah M MaesLaboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Marie L VerheyeLaboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8702-9292
Caroline BouchardGreenland Climate Research Centre, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-1414
Enora GeslainLaboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4300-1308
Bart HellemansLaboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-8074
Torild JohansenTromsø Department, Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-052X
Magnus LucassenAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-4781
Felix C MarkAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5586-6704
Anna H ÓlafsdóttirMarine and Freshwater Research Institute, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5048-2659
Pauline Snoeijs-LeijonmalmDepartment of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4544-2668
Daria ZeleninaDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Russian Federal Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-5114
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Filip A M VolckaertLaboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-4295
Henrik ChristiansenLaboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-5854
Hauke FloresAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1617-5449

Funding

Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen 141328Bureau of Ocean Energy Management M19AC00018European Cooperation in Science and Technology CA19107Exacte en Natuurwetenschappen 866.13.009Exacte en Natuurwetenschappen 866.18.003Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1S04418NHelmholtz-Gemeinschaft VH-NG-800HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council EASME/EMFF/2018/003Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit WOT-04-009-036Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit WOT-04-009-047.04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Information on connectivity and genetic structure of marine organisms remains sparse in frontier ecosystems such as the Arctic Ocean. Filling these knowledge gaps becomes increasingly urgent, as the Arctic is undergoing rapid physical, ecological and socio-economic changes. The abundant and widely distributed polar cod (Boreogadus saida) is highly adapted to Arctic waters, and its larvae and juveniles live in close association with sea ice. Through a reduced-representation sequencing approach, this study explored the spatial genetic structure of polar cod at a circum-Arctic scale. Genomic variation was partitioned into neutral and adaptive components to respectively investigate genetic connectivity and local adaptation. Based on 922 high-quality single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers genotyped in 611 polar cod, broad-scale differentiation was detected among three groups: (i) Beaufort -Chukchi seas, (ii) all regions connected by the Transpolar Drift, ranging from the Laptev Sea to Iceland, including the European Arctic and (iii) West Greenland. Patterns of neutral genetic structure suggested broadscale oceanographic and sea ice drift features (i.e., Beaufort Gyre and Transpolar Drift) as important drivers of connectivity. Genomic variation at 35 outlier loci indicated adaptive divergence of the West Greenland and the Beaufort-Chukchi Seas populations, possibly driven by environmental conditions. Sea ice decline and changing ocean currents can alter or disrupt connectivity between polar cod from the three genetic groups, potentially undermining their resilience to climate change, even in putative refugia, such as the Central Arctic Ocean and the Arctic Archipelago.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalGadiformesGenetics, PopulationAnimalsArctic RegionsEcosystemGenetic VariationGenotypeGreenlandIce CoverIcelandPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSequence Analysis, DNAArctic OceanfishGadidaepolar codpopulation genomicssea iceseascapesingle nucleotide polymorphism

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PMCPMC11934089

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