Evidence of connectivity of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) throughout the Indian Ocean inferred from genome-wide genetic markers

In order to resolve the population connectivity of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) within the Indian Ocean, we analyzed thousands of genome-wide markers of individuals from a broad geographic area of the Indian Ocean as well as from locations in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Our results support a single panmictic population of bigeye tuna within the Indian Ocean isolated from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.