@article{fdi:010072574,
  title = {{P}opulation structure and genetic diversity in the invasive freshwater snail {G}alba schirazensis ({L}ymnaeidae)},
  author = {{L}ounnas, {M}. and {C}orrea, {A}. {C}. and {A}lda, {P}. and {D}avid, {P}. and {D}ubois, {M}. {P}. and {C}alvopina, {M}. and {C}aron, {Y}. and {C}eli-{E}razo, {M}. and {D}ung, {B}. {T}. and {J}arne, {P}. and {L}oker, {E}. {S}. and {N}oya, {O}. and {R}odriguez-{H}idalgo, {R}. and {T}oty, {C}{\'e}line and {U}ribe, {N}. and {P}ointier, {J}. {P}. and {H}urtrez-{B}ousses, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e studied the population genetic structure of the freshwater snail {G}alba schirazensis ({K}uster, 1862), a potential vector of infectious diseases such as fascioliasis. {G}alba schirazensis has now a worldwide distribution but a poorly known origin because this species has been distinguished only recently from the morphologically similar and cosmopolitan {G}alba truncatula ({O}.{F}. {M}uller, 1774). {W}edeveloped specific microsatellite markers and sequenced amitochondrial gene (cytochrome oxidase subunit {I} ({CO}1)) to study individuals of {G}. schirazensis from the {O}ld {W}orld and the {N}ew {W}orld. {W}e found very low genetic diversity within populations, no heterozygotes, and marked population structure-a pattern observed in other highly selfing lymnaeid species with recently enlarged distributions as a result of biological invasions. {T}he total lack of observed heterozygosity in the few populations of {G}. schirazensis that displayed some allelic diversity suggests high selfing rates. {W}e also found that the center of diversity, and by extension the origin area of this species, should be found in the {N}ew {W}orld, whereas {O}ld {W}orld populations should rather result from a recent introduction of a genetically uniform population. {T}he microsatellite markers developed here will help to clarify the history of expansion of {G}. schirazensis and might help to understand its role as a potential vector of infectious diseases.},
  keywords = {lymnaeids ; {L}ymnaea ; {G}alba schirazensis ; {G}alba truncatula ; vector ; microsatellites ; selfing},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}anadian {J}ournal of {Z}oology},
  volume = {96},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {425--435},
  ISSN = {0008-4301},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1139/cjz-2016-0319},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072574},
}