Title page for E-project-042407-143540

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2007-04-24

Authors
Luke N Adams, BC
Matthew P Basile, BC

URN E-project-042407-143540

Title A Population Genetics Study of Local Orconectes virilis

Advisors
Mathews, Lauren M, BB
Buckholt, Michael Allan, BIO
Heilman, Destin, BC

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
We hypothesized the crayfish species, Orconectes virilis, is invasive, and will have low genetic diversity, which may show evidence of a founder effect. We examined the 16S rRNA gene of the mitochondria of crayfish from five total sites, three new this year, using population genetics methods and compared them to an outgroup of Orconectes limosus. The results showed average genetic diversity of collected crayfish and introduced a new hypothesis that the crayfish we collected might be two phenotypically indistinguishable species.

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Astudyofthelocalinvasivecrayfishspeciesorconectesvirilisusingpopulationgenetics.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2007-04-24
Authors	Luke N Adams, BC Matthew P Basile, BC
URN	E-project-042407-143540
Title	A Population Genetics Study of Local Orconectes virilis
Advisors	Mathews, Lauren M, BB Buckholt, Michael Allan, BIO Heilman, Destin, BC
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract We hypothesized the crayfish species, Orconectes virilis, is invasive, and will have low genetic diversity, which may show evidence of a founder effect. We examined the 16S rRNA gene of the mitochondria of crayfish from five total sites, three new this year, using population genetics methods and compared them to an outgroup of Orconectes limosus. The results showed average genetic diversity of collected crayfish and introduced a new hypothesis that the crayfish we collected might be two phenotypically indistinguishable species.
Files	Astudyofthelocalinvasivecrayfishspeciesorconectesvirilisusingpopulationgenetics.pdf