Genetic study of the extent and consequences of sexual and asexual reproduction in the deep-sea epizoic anemones Amphianthus inornata and Kadosactis commensalis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

• Published in: Marine biology Vol. 128; no. 2; pp. 231 - 239
• Main Authors: BRONSDON, S. K, ROGERS, A. D, TYLER, P. A, RICE, A. L, GAGE, J. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.05.1997; Berlin Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acanella arbuscula; Amphianthus inornata; Animal reproduction; Animals; Anthozoa; Aquatic life; Biological and medical sciences; Deep sea; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic diversity; Genetics; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Invertebrata; Kadosactis commensalis; Marine; Marine biology; Paroriza prouhoi; Population genetics, reproduction patterns; East Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic; United States > US; ANE, Atlantic, Rockall Trough; ANE, Atlantic, Porcupine Plain; Bathyal zone; Genetic variability; Interspecific comparison; Deep water; Sexual reproduction; Population genetics; Marine environment; Mating system; Coelenterata; Asexual reproduction; Cnidaria; Inbreeding; Invertebrata
• ISSN: 0025-3162; 1432-1793
• DOI: 10.1007/s002270050087

Bronsdon et al used allozyme electrophoresis to examine the prevalence and genetic consequences of asexual reproduction in a population of Amphianthus inornata from 2,200 m in the Rockall Trough North Atlantic Ocean. Genetic variation in K. commensalis was in the higher range of that found in other eukaryotes, and is not unusual for anemones.