Developmental stability and heterozygosity in chum ( Oncorhynchus keta ) and pink ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) salmon

We compared developmental stability as measured by fluctuating asymmetry within individual adults for gill raker and branchiostegal ray number and pectoral and pelvic fin length for three populations of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and one of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). There was no ass...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Beacham, T. D., Withler, R. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Keta
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Pink salmon
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-276
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-276
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Summary:We compared developmental stability as measured by fluctuating asymmetry within individual adults for gill raker and branchiostegal ray number and pectoral and pelvic fin length for three populations of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and one of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). There was no association between individual heterozygosity calculated at 10 electrophoretic loci for chum salmon and 13 loci for pink salmon and magnitude of fluctuating asymmetry for the four morphological characters examined. More heterozygous individuals were not less asymmetrical, and thus our results provide no evidence to suggest that increased heterozygosity results in an increased canalization of morphology during development and growth.

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