Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA
Twenty restriction endonucleases were used to study mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism in 11 hatchery strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) representing geographically separated populations in Europe and North America. The North American salmon mtDNAs studied were readily distinguished, by a...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f91-105 2024-09-15T17:55:49+00:00 Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA Bermingham, Eldredge Forbes, Stephen H. Friedland, Kevin Pla, Carles 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f91-105 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f91-105 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences volume 48, issue 5, page 884-893 ISSN 0706-652X 1205-7533 journal-article 1991 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f91-105 2024-08-29T04:08:49Z Twenty restriction endonucleases were used to study mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism in 11 hatchery strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) representing geographically separated populations in Europe and North America. The North American salmon mtDNAs studied were readily distinguished, by a minimum of seven restriction site differences, from fish of European origin. These results suggested that restriction analyses of mtDNA might provide a useful method for determining the proportions of European and North American Atlantic salmon caught in the West Greenland fishery. To test this proposition, we analyzed 328 salmon caught in the 1987 West Greenland fishery including 68 fish with coded wire or Carlin tags which provided the geographic source of the tagged salmon. We correctly identified the continent of origin for 67 of the 68 physically tagged salmon using two informative restriction endonucleases. This study provides a clear indication of the usefulness of mtDNA for discriminating between European and North American Atlantic salmon caught in the West Greenland fishery and for mixed-fishery analysis in general. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Greenland Salmo salar Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48 5 884 893 |
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Twenty restriction endonucleases were used to study mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism in 11 hatchery strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) representing geographically separated populations in Europe and North America. The North American salmon mtDNAs studied were readily distinguished, by a minimum of seven restriction site differences, from fish of European origin. These results suggested that restriction analyses of mtDNA might provide a useful method for determining the proportions of European and North American Atlantic salmon caught in the West Greenland fishery. To test this proposition, we analyzed 328 salmon caught in the 1987 West Greenland fishery including 68 fish with coded wire or Carlin tags which provided the geographic source of the tagged salmon. We correctly identified the continent of origin for 67 of the 68 physically tagged salmon using two informative restriction endonucleases. This study provides a clear indication of the usefulness of mtDNA for discriminating between European and North American Atlantic salmon caught in the West Greenland fishery and for mixed-fishery analysis in general. |
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Bermingham, Eldredge Forbes, Stephen H. Friedland, Kevin Pla, Carles Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA |
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Bermingham, Eldredge Forbes, Stephen H. Friedland, Kevin Pla, Carles |
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Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA |
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Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA |
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Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA |
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Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA |
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Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA |
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discrimination between atlantic salmon ( salmo salar) of north american and european origin using restriction analyses of mitochondrial dna |
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Atlantic salmon Greenland Salmo salar |
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Atlantic salmon Greenland Salmo salar |
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Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences volume 48, issue 5, page 884-893 ISSN 0706-652X 1205-7533 |
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