Author:
Varnavskaya Nataly V.,Wood Chris C.,Everett Rebecca J.
Abstract
We investigated population structure in sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, in relation to ecological characteristics and geographical distribution using allozyme allelic frequencies compiled from new and previously published analyses for 71 populations (300 collections) throughout the species' range. Up to 87 protein-coding loci were screened in some samples, but of these, 55% were monomorphic, and another 31% were only slightly polymorphic with variant allele frequencies <0.01. Only 8 loci were moderately or highly polymorphic with variant allele frequencies exceeding 0.10 in at least some collections. The highest variation ever reported in salmon was discovered at LDH-B2* where the *100 allele was fixed in some populations but rare in others. Genetic differentiation was typically greater among populations within regions than among regions. However, stock composition analysis based on patterns of variation at the nine most useful loci appears to be feasible for most major stocks examined in this study. The low level of polymorphism in sockeye despite high variability at a few polymorphic loci is attributed to precise homing to natal rivers and interactions among several colonizing races that survived the Pleistocene ice age in isolated refugia with different habitat characteristics.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
41 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献