@article{fdi:010085420, title = {{M}olecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with {N}ile tilapia in the {C}ongo {B}asin [+ supplementary material]}, author = {{J}orissen, {M}. and {V}anhove, {M}.{P}.{M}. and {P}ariselle, {A}ntoine and {S}noeks, {J}. and {V}reven, {E}. and {S}imkova, {A}. and {W}amuini {L}unkayilakio, {S}. and {C}hocha {M}anda, {A}. and {K}apepula {K}asembele, {G}. and {B}ukinga, {F}.{M}. and {A}rtois, {T}. and {H}uyse, {T}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{N}ile tilapia, one of the most popular aquaculture species worldwide, has been introduced into the {C}ongo {B}asin several times for aquaculture purposes. {P}revious studies based on morphological features showed that some of the monogenean gill parasites were co-introduced with {N}ile tilapia and some spilled over to native {C}ongolese cichlids. {I}n this study, we genetically investigated the co-introduced monogeneans of {N}ile tilapia from three major parts of the {C}ongo {B}asin: {U}pper, {M}iddle and {L}ower {C}ongo. {W}e sequenced 214 specimens belonging to 16 species of {M}onogenea, collected from native and introduced tilapia species from {C}ongo, {M}adagascar and {B}urundi. {W}e evaluate their position in a phylogeny including 38 monogenean species in total. {O}ur results confirm the co-introductions in the {C}ongo {B}asin and suggest one unreported parasite transmission from introduced {N}ile tilapia to native {M}weru tilapia in {U}pper {C}ongo, which was undetectable with a morphological study alone. {S}hared parasite {COI} haplotypes between {M}adagascar and the {C}ongo {B}asin illustrate how anthropogenic introduction events homogenize parasite communities across large geographical distances and thereby disrupt isolation by distance patterns. {C}ontrary to our expectation, the parasite populations co-introduced in the {C}ongo {B}asin reveal a high {COI} diversity, probably resulting from multiple {N}ile tilapia introductions from different geographic origins. {A}dditionally, we tested the barcoding gap and the performance of mitochondrial {COI} and nuclear ribosomal {ITS}-1, 28{S} and 18{S} markers. {W}e found a significant barcoding gap of 15% for {COI}, but none for the other markers. {O}ur molecular results reveal that {C}ichlidogyrus halli, {C}. papernastrema, {C}. tiberianus, {C}. cirratus and {C}. zambezensis are in need of taxonomic revision.}, keywords = {{I}nvasive species ; {M}onogenea ; {C}o-introduction ; {O}reochromis niloticus ; {B}arcoding ; {M}arker performance ; {BURUNDI} ; {MADAGASCAR} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO} ; {CONGO} {BASSIN}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{O}rganisms {D}iversity and {E}volution}, volume = {22}, numero = {4}, pages = {1003--1019 [+ 15 ]}, ISSN = {1439-6092}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.1007/s13127-022-00563-x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085420}, }