Saavedra, C.Milan, M.Cordero, D.Leite, R.Pena, J. B.Delgado, M.Liu, B.Ruesink, J.Cancela, M. LeonorBargelloni, L.Patarnello, T.2019-11-202019-11-202017-040044-84861873-5622http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13163Knowledge of the genetics of populations is essential to understand performance differences among races and local stocks of shellfish species. We have studied the population genetics of the native Asian -but now globally cultured- Manila clam, and the native European carpet-shell clam, which are exploited in Europe by a combination of wild bed harvesting and supplementation with hatchery spat. Using mtDNA and nuclear markers we found that both species show clear phylogeographic breaks at the Mediterranean Sea (carpet-shell clam) and at the East China Sea (Manila clam).engconference object