Eel (Anguilla spec.)

Collaborative project with the Zoological Institute at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and the University of Salzburg, Austria.

On hybridization, introgression, and population structure of tropical eels

In this project we were using ddRAD sequencing data to dechipher hybridization, introgression, and population structure among seven tropical eel species in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

The short video below shows the tagging of eels at Vanuatu and their fascinating migration from freshwater lakes to the sea. The video is in German, to see English subtitles click "CC":

 

Publications

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Barth JMI, Gubili C, Matschiner M, Tørresen OK, Watanabe S, Egger B, Han Y-S, Feunteun E, Sommaruga R, Jehle R, and Schabetsberger R. Stable species boundaries despite ten million years of hybridization in tropical eels. Nature Communications (2020) 11:1433. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15099-x
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Barth JMI, Gubili C, Matschiner M, Tørresen OK, Watanabe S, Egger B, Han Y-S, Feunteun E, Sommaruga R, Jehle R, and Schabetsberger R. Stable species boundaries despite ten million years of hybridization in tropical eels. bioRxiv preprint (2019). doi.org/10.1101/635631 (now published in Nature Communications)
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Outreach

Matschiner M. Behind the paper: Species boundaries not impressed by hybridization. Nature Ecology and Evolution blog post     Go to blog post.

Tropical eels on the hunt for a partner. University of Basel Research Magazine UNI NOVA (May 2020) 135, 56     Go to magazine.

Das Rätsel um die Fortpflanzung der Aale. Salzburger Uni Nachrichten (Oct 2020) page 10     Go to magazine.