%ABucholz, Jamie [Biology Department Institute for Great Lakes Research Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant Michigan USA, Department of Biological Sciences The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama USA]%ASard, Nicholas [Biological Sciences Department State University of New York‐Oswego G83A Shineman Center Oswego New York USA]%AVanTassel, Nichelle [Biology Department Institute for Great Lakes Research Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant Michigan USA]%ALozier, Jeffrey [Department of Biological Sciences The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama USA]%AMorris, Todd [Fisheries and Oceans Canada Burlington Ontario Canada]%APaquet, Annie [Direction de l’expertise sur la faune aquatique Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs Québec Quebec Canada]%AZanatta, David [Biology Department Institute for Great Lakes Research Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant Michigan USA]%BJournal Name: Ecology and Evolution; Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-18 00:26:26 %D2022%IWiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons) %JJournal Name: Ecology and Evolution; Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-18 00:26:26 %K %MOSTI ID: 10364962 %PMedium: X %TRAD‐tag and mitochondrial DNA sequencing reveal the genetic structure of a widespread and regionally imperiled freshwater mussel, Obovaria olivaria (Bivalvia: Unionidae) %XAbstract

Obovaria olivariais a species of freshwater mussel native to the Mississippi River and Laurentian Great Lakes‐St. Lawrence River drainages of North America. This mussel has experienced population declines across large parts of its distribution and is imperiled in many jurisdictions.Obovaria olivariauses the similarly imperiledAcipenser fulvescens(Lake Sturgeon) as a host for its glochidia. We employed mitochondrial DNA sequencing and restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (RAD‐seq) to assess patterns of genetic diversity and population structure ofOolivariafrom 19 collection locations including the St. Lawrence River drainage, the Great Lakes drainage, the Upper Mississippi River drainage, the Ohioan River drainage, and the Mississippi Embayment. Heterozygosity was highest in Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes populations, followed by a reduction in diversity and relative effective population size in the St. Lawrence populations. PairwiseFSTranged from 0.00 to 0.20, and analyses of genetic structure revealed two major ancestral populations, one including all St. Lawrence River/Ottawa River sites and the other including remaining sites; however, significant admixture and isolation by river distance across the range were evident. The genetic diversity and structure ofOolivariais consistent with the existing literature onAcipenser fulvescensand suggests that, although northern and southernOolivariapopulations are genetically distinct, genetic structure inOolivariais largely clinal rather than discrete across its range. Conservation and restoration efforts ofOolivariashould prioritize the maintenance and restoration of locations whereOolivariaremain, especially in northern rivers, and to ensure connectivity that will facilitate dispersal ofAcipenser fulvescensand movement of encysted glochidia.

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