Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in the Kuskokwim River Drainage Support the Recurrent Evolution Hypothesis for Sockeye Salmon Life Histories

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: McPhee, Megan V., Tappenbeck, Tyler H., Whited, Diane C., Stanford, Jack A.
• Other Authors: U.S. Department of Commerce
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Sockeye; Kamchatka; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/t08-220.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/T08-220.1

Abstract Riverine sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (those that do not use nursery lakes for juvenile rearing) tend to be characterized by greater genetic diversity and weaker population structure than lake‐type populations. These findings have led to the “recurrent evolution” hypothesis for sockeye...