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    • Figure 1. 

      Sampling localities of six yellow catfish populations.

    • Figure 2. 

      Gene flow (Nm) analysis of six yellow catfish populations. (a) Matrix of pair-wise estimated gene flow (Nm) among six yellow catfish populations; (b) Linear regression analysis of gene flow (Nm) and geographic distance.

    • Figure 3. 

      Population and individual clustering analysis of six yellow catfish populations. (a) Genetic relatedness of 124 individuals depicted by a circular phylogenetic tree; (b) Principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) plot of 124 individuals in six yellow catfish populations; (c) UPGMA dendrogram based on Nei's genetic distance among six yellow catfish populations.

    • Figure 4. 

      Ancestral lineage analysis of six yellow catfish populations. (a) Delta K, (b) MedMed K / MedMean K, and (c) MaxMed K / MaxMean K plots indicating the best number of clusters (K) of the STRUCTURE analysis. (d) Cluster assignment from STRUCTURE averaged over six replicated runs for K = 3. Colors represent different clusters.

    • Population Collection date Geographic locations Sample size
      DTHL 2018-4-6 Hunan (113°0′58″ E, 29°23′35″ N) 21
      GHL 2018-6-13 Jiangsu (119°53′35″ E, 31°38′1″ N) 21
      HHL 2018-4-8 Hubei (113°28′40″ E, 29°52′44″ N) 21
      HZHL 2018-6-9 Jiangsu (118°49′12″ E, 33°21′36″ N) 20
      PYHL 2018-4-10 Jiangxi (116°38′7″ E, 29°10′13″ N) 21
      WSLR 2018-9-21 Heilongjiang (133°41′7″ E, 45°59′20″ N) 20

      Table 1. 

      Sampling information of six populations of yellow catfish.

    • Locus Chromosome Location Primer sequences (5'-3') Tm ( °C) Label Size Ref.
      AG12 15 5859684…5859993 F: TTCTGAGGGGATGGTG 52 FAM 255−335 [10]
      R: GCGGTGCTCTGTGGTTGTC
      AG128 17 22452450...22452570 F: AAACCGACGGGACAAAAGAT 53 HEX 104−140
      R: CTCTGCCTCACTAACT
      CT81 9 22532293…22532445 F: GTCTCCATCACTGCCACAT 55 FAM 135−161
      R: TCAGCAATTATGTGAAAAGTGTCT
      PF01 1 3380349…3380609 F: TCTGCTGTGCCACCTTCATCT 54 HEX 254−280 [15]
      R: GGCAGGTTCCAGCCGTCAATA
      PF03 23 3321850…3322202 F: GCAACAACAGAACGAAAAAAG 55 FAM 346−354
      R: ACGCTACACAGCAGAGGAAGT
      PF05 7 11753992…11754513 F: GAGTAAGTAAGTGATAATATGGAG 56 HEX 467−527
      R: TCCTACTGTCTTTCACTCTACT
      PF08 20 18894877…18895050 F: AACATCACATTGTTTCTCACCATCC 56 FAM 149−227
      R: AAAGTGAAAGAGAAGTTACGGAGGC
      PF130 10 18287250…18287472 F: CTTTGTAACTGGTATCGTTCTCTAC 55 HEX 203−277
      R: TGCTATTGCTAAAGAGGGAGA
      PF448 19 2770597…2770941 F: TGCTCGAGTGAGCTACGA 54 FAM 312−392
      R: CATCTCTATCTTTTTATTTCACATT
      PF532B 6 28255806…28255978 F: CGTCGTATCACCTGAAAT 53 HEX 134−200
      R: TGAGAGGAGGAGTCTTTGA

      Table 2. 

      Sequence of the primers used to amplify SSR markers.

    • Populations Na Ne Ho He PIC I
      WSLR (n = 20) 9.000 3.764 0.614 0.588 0.569 1.425
      PYHL (n = 21) 10.700 6.715 0.622 0.714 0.696 1.818
      GHL (n = 21) 10.100 6.052 0.662 0.684 0.665 1.717
      HHL (n = 21) 11.200 6.997 0.661 0.727 0.710 1.872
      HZHL (n = 20) 11.500 7.292 0.632 0.695 0.682 1.849
      DTHL (n = 21) 10.300 6.619 0.667 0.705 0.685 1.765

      Table 3. 

      Genetic polymorphic parameters of six yellow catfish populations.

    • Locus WSLR PYHL GHL HHL HZHL DTHL
      n = 20 n = 21 n = 21 n = 21 n = 20 n = 21
      AG12 1.000 0.186 0.801 0.693 0.614 0.260
      AG128 1.000 0.016* 0.032* 0.198 0.597 0.931
      CT81 1.000 0.991 0.967 1.000 1.000 0.773
      PF01 1.000 0.098 0.345 0.790 0.002** 0.774
      PF03 0.305 0.780 0.685 0.605 0.581 0.514
      PF05 0.988 0.995 0.381 0.000*** 0.000*** -
      PF08 0.995 0.805 0.085 0.101 0.372 0.707
      PF130 0.772 0.919 0.761 0.062 0.968 0.988
      PF448 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.001** 0.003**
      PF532B 0.987 0.058 1.000 0.411 0.070 0.024*
      * Indicates a deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p < 0.05); ** Indicates significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p < 0.01); *** Indicates very significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p < 0.001).

      Table 4. 

      Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium chi-square test in six yellow catfish populations.

    • Source of variation df Sum of squares Variance components Percentage
      of variation
      Among populations 5 5.362 0.015 3%
      Among individuals 118 54.876 0.027 6%
      Within individuals 124 51.000 0.411 91%
      Total 247 111.238 0.453 100%

      Table 5. 

      Molecular variance analysis (AMOVA) of six yellow catfish populations.

    • WSLR PYHL GHL HHL HZHL DTHL
      WSLR 0.054 0.069 0.059 0.042 0.066
      PYHL 0.324 0.027 0.014 0.028 0.019
      GHL 0.261 0.135 0.033 0.025 0.043
      HHL 0.281 0.084 0.181 0.029 0.020
      HZHL 0.254 0.157 0.134 0.166 0.051
      DTHL 0.305 0.098 0.190 0.109 0.231

      Table 6. 

      Matrix of pair-wise Nei's genetic distance (below diagonal) and Fst values (above diagonal) among six yellow catfish populations.