Association between the Regulatory Locus PGM-1r * and Life-history Types of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Pollard, Susan M., Danzmann, Roy G., Claytor, Ross R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Western Arm; Western Arm Brook; Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f94-131; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f94-131

We sampled three juvenile life-history types of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from Western Arm Brook, Newfoundland, to test whether a regulatory gene variant PGM-1r*b is associated with accelerated life-history development. Seven nonmigratory parr populations from the Miramichi River, New Brunswick,...