VCF for neutral data set in Harpagifer bispinis along the Magellan Province

Quaternary glacial cycles shaped the current distribution of polar and cold-temperate biotas. In the Magellan province of South America, ice covering during the last glacial maximum radically altered the landscape/seascape, speciation rate, and the distribution of species. Here we studied nototheniid fishes Harpagifer spp. along the Magellan province reported as two nominal species: H. bispinis in Patagonia and H. palliolatus, endemic to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Previous molecular analyses in Harpagifer showed that the genus may have recently colonized southern South America ~ 1 million years ago. The extensive use in systematics of molecular markers to determine evolutionary units has been improved due to the advances in NGS. Combining traditional DNA sequences and non-targeted GBS-SNPs we evaluated both, the presence of effective evolutionary units and contemporary patterns of genetic structure across the Magellan province. DNA sequences consistently showed an absence of phyloge...