3.1 | Genotyping and overall population structure
Pooled whole genome re-sequencing of 384 H. rubra specimens from 14 locations distributed across the Victorian Western and Central Zone abalone yielded a total of 7,745,655 SNPs that were used for population genomic analyses. Estimates of overall genetic structure indicated a lack of structure and panmixia across the Western and Central Zone fisheries. Specifically, global F ST did not differ significantly from zero (F ST = 0, P> 0.05), nor did any pairwise measure ofF ST between sampling locations.