Regional differentiation of North American Atlantic salmon at allozyme loci

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: Verspoor, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Canada; Inner Bay; Newfoundland; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00841.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.0022-1112.2005.00841.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00841.x

Allozyme variation was characterised by starch gel electrophoresis at 23 enzyme coding loci and one regulatory locus in Atlantic salmon from 53 rivers in Eastern Canada, encompassing the majority of the species' North American range. Variation among rivers was highly heterogeneous and eight of...