Genetically distinct sympatric populations of resident and anadromous Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Verspoor, E., Cole, L. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Gull Lake; Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-206; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-206

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from Little Gull Lake on the Gander River system of central Newfoundland were found to be electrophoretically polymorphic at 5 of 20 protein loci screened. Four of the polymorphic loci were structural and one was regulatory. Major heterozygote deficiencies relative to C...