Morphological and genetic diversity of Sabanejewia balcanica (Cobitidae, Actinopteri) in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Event Abstract Back to Event Morphological and genetic diversity of Sabanejewia balcanica (Cobitidae, Actinopteri) in Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Bajrić1, Ivana Buj2*, Avdul Adrović3 and Edina Hajdarević3 1 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia 3 University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Taxonomic position of the Balkan spined loach, Sabanejewia balcanica (Karaman, 1922) is still uncertain. There are pronounced differences in morphological characters among individuals from different populations, which led to description of various populations as species, subspecies and clinal variation. In this investigation we aimed to describe morphological and genetic diversity of S. balcanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, investigate phylogenetic relationships among populations and get insight into their evolutionary history. The obtained results revealed pronounced genetic structuring inside S. balcanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina and moderate to high genetic diversity contained inside each population. Lineages and sublineages of S. balcanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina diverged during Pleistocene epoch and their evolution was mostly likely shaped by alteration of glaciations with interglacial periods. Based on morphometric characters, investigated populations fall within already reported range for S. balcanica. However, distinctiveness of populations from Brka, Suturlija and Turija Rivers from the remaining populations in their body shapes has been observed and discussed in relation to separate evolutionary history of some populations. Keywords: Balkan spined loach, Danube Basin, evolutionary history, morphometry, population genetic structure Conference: XVI European Congress of Ichthyology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2 Sep - 6 Sep, 2019. Presentation Type: Poster Topic: TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY Citation: Bajrić A, Buj I, Adrović A and Hajdarević E (2019). Morphological and genetic diversity of Sabanejewia balcanica (Cobitidae, Actinopteri) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: XVI European Congress of Ichthyology. doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.07.00129 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 07 Jun 2019; Published Online: 14 Aug 2019. * Correspondence: Mx. Ivana Buj, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia, ivaradic@biol.pmf.hr Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Alen Bajrić Ivana Buj Avdul Adrović Edina Hajdarević Google Alen Bajrić Ivana Buj Avdul Adrović Edina Hajdarević Google Scholar Alen Bajrić Ivana Buj Avdul Adrović Edina Hajdarević PubMed Alen Bajrić Ivana Buj Avdul Adrović Edina Hajdarević Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.