Recent physical connections may explain weak genetic structure in western Alaskan chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta) populations

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Garvin, Michael R., Kondzela, Christine M., Martin, Patrick C., Finney, Bruce, Guyon, Jeffrey, Templin, William D., DeCovich, Nick, Gilk‐Baumer, Sara, Gharrett, Anthony J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Keta; Yukon; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.628; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.628; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.628

Abstract Low genetic divergence at neutral loci among populations is often the result of high levels of contemporary gene flow. Western Alaskan summer‐run chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ) populations demonstrate weak genetic structure, but invoking contemporary gene flow as the basis for the low di...