Table 1 Location and sampled size of each population used for the phylogeographic analysis.

From: Presence of male mitochondria in somatic tissues and their functional importance at the whole animal level in the marine bivalve Arctica islandica

Population

Location

Number of individuals

Number of specimens carrying the ♀ mtDNA

Number of specimens carrying the ♂ mtDNA

Norway

69˚39 N, 18˚57E

33

30

3

Iceland

66˚01 N, 14˚51 W

60

50

10

Baltic Sea

54˚32 N, 10˚42E

77

77

0

Helgoland

54˚09 N, 07˚47E

47

47

0

US

41˚00 N, 71˚00 W

58

56

2

Kattegat

56˚10 N, 11˚48E

17

17

0

White Sea

66˚18 N, 33˚38E

23

23

0

 

total

315

300

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