Stock structuring in Asian green mussel Perna viridis population along the Indian coast based on shell morphometrics and RAPD markers

In this study, shell morphometrics and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) techniques were used to evaluate the genetic variability in 4 wild populations of Perna viridis (H≈2500 km apart) along the Indian coast. The phenotypic stocks of mussels were separated using canonical discriminant function analysis. Scatter plots developed with CDA depicted overlapping clusters, indicative of the morphological uniformity of the species along the Indian coast, while Andaman population was forming a separate cluster. RAPD profiles generated from green mussels using 6 primers amplified a total of 43 different fragments ranging from