
Figure 1
Map of sampling locations (indicated by •) of yellow catfish from five lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China. The five sampling lakes were Taihu Lake (TH), Gehu Lake (GH), Hongzehu Lake (HZ), Chaohu Lake (CH), and Poyang Lake (PY)
Table 1
Information of the thirteen microsatellite loci analyzed in five populations of yellow catfish
| Locus | Motif | Primer sequence (5′–3′) | Temp. (°C) | Expected size (bp) | Number of alleles | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG12 | (GA)6A(AG)26 | F: TTCTGAGGGGATGGTG R: GCGGTGCTCTGTGGTTGTC | 60 | 228–335 | 5 | Wu et al. 2010 |
| AG48 | (AG)13GGT(GA)5GC(GA )9 | F:GCTGATACATTCTTTATTAGGGCACC R: GTCGCACTTCCCCTCTGTCA | 57 | 185–451 | 6 | |
| AG128 | (AG)23 | F: AAACCGACGGGACAAAAGAT R: CTCTGCCTCACTAACT | 51 | 91–145 | 9 | |
| CT30 | (CT)9T(TC)2TT(TC)21 | F: ACACCAAAACATTGTGCTAC R: ATTCAGGAGATCCCGACACT | 55 | 237–298 | 4 | |
| CT42 | (TC)6 | F: GCAGAGGGTTGCTTTTGCCTTTTA R: CAACAATCACATTCTATGAGGAGT | 55 | 125–150 | 3 | |
| CT81 | (CT)6G(TC)4TG( TC)8 | F: GTCTCCATCACTGCCACAT R: TCAGCAATTATGTGAAAAGTGTCT | 55 | 126–176 | 5 | |
| HLJYC13 | (CA)23 | F:GACCCAGTTCCCACATTG R:GGCTACCACATCCCTCAT | 58 | 179–207 | 4 | Li et al. 2009 |
| HLJYC17 | (TC)25 | F:ATGGTATAAACATGGTGCTA R:ATGATGCTGATAGGGTGA | 58 | 170–188 | 3 | |
| HLJYC31 | (CA)26 | F:CAGGATGGAGGTGTAAAG R:ATAAAGCTGTGATGTGCC | 55 | 285–317 | 4 | |
| HLJYC45 | (TG)29 | F:TGGGTCTCTCTGGGTTCA R:GCGGCTTCACTCACTTCC | 56 | 278–312 | 3 | |
| HLJYC60 | (CA)28(TTTG)7 | F:GATCAACGTCCAACAGAG R:GGAAAGAAAGATGGCTAG | 56 | 250–282 | 4 | |
| HLJYC66 | (TG)27 | F:ACACTGACATACACTGGCATAA R:CTGGCAACGTGTTTCTGGCATAA | 56 | 243–295 | 4 | |
| HSY105 | (CTAT)14 | F:ACTCACGTTGTCAGTTTATCAC R:ACACAAGAAATCCCCTCG | 53 | 150–172 | 4 | Liu et al. 2008 |
[i] Motif – sequences inside parenthesis indicate the motif sequence of the microsatellite DNA and subscripted numbers indicate the number of repeats ; Temp. – annealing temperature for PCR
Table 2
Polymorphic information at 13 microsatellite loci of five populations of yellow catfish
| Locus | CH | GH | HZ | PY | TH | Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ae | HO | HE | PIC | FIS | Ae | HO | HE | PIC | FIS | Ae | HO | HE | PIC | FIS | Ae | HO | HE | PIC | FIS | Ae | HO | HE | PIC | FIS | Ae | HO | HE | PIC | FIS | |
| AG 12 | 2.81 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.193 | 4.24 | 0.68 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.110 | 3.24 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.64 | -0.041 | 4.50 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.126 | 3.98 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.092 | 4.07 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 0.096 |
| AG48 | 4.39 | 0.60 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.223 | 4.05 | 0.68 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.097 | 4.18 | 0.92 | 0.78 | 0.72 | -0.209 | 3.38 | 0.64 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.091 | 3.64 | 0.48 | 0.74 | 0.68 | 0.339 | 4.61 | 0.66 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.106 |
| AG128 | 5.43 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.79 | -0.029 | 7.10 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.022 | 6.10 | 0.56 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.330 | 5.00 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.77 | -0.050 | 5.81 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.81 | -0.015 | 6.48 | 0.78 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.053 |
| CT30 | 3.69 | 0.44 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.396 | 2.51 | 0.32 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.468 | 3.56 | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.110 | 2.80 | 0.34 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.503 | 2.89 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.082 | 3.59 | 0.46 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.307 |
| CT42 | 1.22 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | -0.082 | 1.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | -0.031 | 1.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | -0.020 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | 1.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | -0.031 | 1.08 | 0..08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | -0.055 |
| CT81 | 1.47 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.123 | 1.51 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.31 | -0.061 | 1.18 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.08 | -0.070 | 1.33 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.24 | -0.118 | 1.28 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.21 | -0.087 | 1.35 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.23 | -0.032 |
| HLJYC13 | 3.62 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.006 | 3.23 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.189 | 3.37 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.147 | 1.79 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.004 | 3.62 | 0.56 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.227 | 3.57 | 0.58 | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.123 |
| HLJYC17 | 2.57 | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.345 | 3.06 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.346 | 3.54 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.67 | -0.059 | 2.68 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.235 | 3.10 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.185 | 3.59 | 0.53 | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.204 |
| HLJYC31 | 2.59 | 0.36 | 0.63 | 0.54 | 0.414 | 2.83 | 0.44 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.320 | 2.93 | 0.36 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.454 | 2.96 | 0.28 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.577 | 2.83 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.382 | 2.96 | 0.37 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.430 |
| HLJYC45 | 2.94 | 0.76 | 0.67 | 0.56 | -0.152 | 2.88 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.59 | -0.042 | 3.34 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 0.64 | 0.258 | 3.16 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.064 | 3.73 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.180 | 3.39 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.067 |
| HLJYC60 | 3.82 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.187 | 3.04 | 0.44 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.345 | 3.45 | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.212 | 3.10 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.056 | 3.01 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.60 | 0.162 | 3.43 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.192 |
| HLJYC66 | 2.75 | 0.44 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.308 | 3.71 | 0.24 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.671 | 2.92 | 0.28 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.575 | 1.22 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.138 | 3.05 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.345 | 3.03 | 0.31 | 0.67 | 0.53 | 0.459 |
| HSY105 | 1.44 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.347 | 1.45 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.354 | 1.18 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.202 | 1.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | -0.020 | 1.28 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.449 | 1.27 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.335 |
| Average | 2.98 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.180 | 3.13 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.233 | 3.08 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.168 | 2.61 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.162 | 3.03 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.190 | 3.26 | 0.46 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.187 |
[i] Ae – Effective allelic number; HO – observed heterozygosity; HE – expected heterozygosity; PIC – polymorphic information content; FIS – inbreeding coefficient
Table 3
p-value of Hardy-Weinberg test on five populations of yellow catfish
| Locus | Test in each population | Multi-population test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH | GH | HZ | PY | TH | ||
| AG12 | 0.000b | 0.808 | 0.009b | 0.015a | 0.028a | 0.015a |
| AG48 | 1.000 | 0.386 | 0.386 | 0.060 | 0.072 | 0.465 |
| AG128 | 0.543 | 0.645 | 0.345 | 0.345 | 0.004b | 0.345 |
| CT30 | 0.000b | 0.033a | 0.018a | 0.100 | 0.095 | 0.000b |
| CT42 | 0.970 | 0.999 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.999 | 0.978 |
| CT81 | 0.877 | 0.805 | 0.987 | 0.906 | 1.000 | 0.999 |
| HLJYC13 | 0.840 | 0.114 | 0.213 | 0.989 | 0.044a | 0.115 |
| HLJYC17 | 0.015a | 0.042a | 0.003b | 0.000b | 0.032a | 0.067 |
| HLJYC31 | 0.118 | 0.003b | 0.089 | 0.061 | 0.095 | 0.114 |
| HLJYC45 | 0.089 | 0.028a | 0.011a | 1.000 | 0.005b | 0.034a |
| HLJYC60 | 0.027a | 0.065 | 0.083 | 0.299 | 0.156 | 0.318 |
| HLJYC66 | 0.252 | 0.089 | 0.384 | 0.275 | 0.198 | 0.987 |
| HSY105 | 0.001b | 0.123 | 0.015a | 0.015a | 0.022a | 0.009b |
| multi-locus test | 0.387 | 0.957 | 0.215 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Table 4
Pairwise FST values (above diagonal) and genetic distances (below diagonal) between populations
Table 5
AMOVA analysis of five populations of yellow catfish
| Source of variation | d.f. | Sum of squares | Variance components | Percentage of variation | Fixation index | p values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One group | ||||||
| Among populations | 4 | 52.276 | 0.18565 Va | 4.67 | FST = 0.047 | < 0.001 |
| Within populations | 245 | 927.680 | 3.78645 Vb | 95.33 | ||
| Two group (middle vs low) | ||||||
| Among groups | 1 | 23.946 | 0.18128 Va | 4.44 | FCT = 0.044 | < 0.001 |
| Among populations within groups | 3 | 28.330 | 0.11314 Vb | 2.77 | FSC = 0.029 | |
| Within populations | 245 | 927.680 | 3.78645 Vc | 92.79 | FST = 0.072 | |

Figure 2
UPGMA tree based on genetic distances between five yellow catfish populations

Figure 3
Bayesian clustering analysis for five populations of yellow catfish. The bar plot represents admixture coefficients. Each vertical bar denotes one individual