European lobster popgen

Project Aim

Investigate the population structure and connectivity of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) using single nucleotide polymorphisms.

Description

Individual tissue samples were collected from populations across most of the present-day geographical range of the European lobster (the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were isolated from across the genome of the European lobster using RAD sequencing and were subsequently used to assess population structure and connectivity.

Collaborators

Jamie Stevens
Charlie Ellis
The National Lobster Hatchery
Alexandros Triantafyllidis
Eric Durieux
Linda Svanberg

Outputs

News

• New test identifies lobster hybrids
• Seafood traceability captures lobsters crossing the pond

Articles

• Crossing the pond: genetic assignment detects lobster hybridisation
• Historical translocations and stocking alter the genetic structure of a Mediterranean lobster fishery
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms reveal a genetic cline across the north‐east Atlantic and enable powerful population assignment in the European lobster
• Nanopore sequencing and complete assembly of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) mitogenome uncovers the missing nad2 and a new major gene cluster duplication
• SNP discovery in European lobster (Homarus gammarus) using RAD sequencing

Science Communication

A collection of comic-style summaries to help communicate the findings of our research.