Data from: Thermal plasticity in farmed, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon during early development: has domestication caused divergence in low temperature tolerance? ...

Background: In the past three decades, millions of domesticated Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. have escaped from farms into the wild. Their offspring display reduced survival in the natural environment, which demonstrates that gene-flow is likely to have a negative effect on wild populations. Howeve...

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Main Authors: Solberg, Monica Favnebøe, Dyrhovden, Lise, Matre, Ivar Helge, Glover, Kevin Alan
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.562ft
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.562ft
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Summary:Background: In the past three decades, millions of domesticated Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. have escaped from farms into the wild. Their offspring display reduced survival in the natural environment, which demonstrates that gene-flow is likely to have a negative effect on wild populations. However, inter-population differences in introgression of farmed salmon have been observed, and the underlying ecological mechanisms remain enigmatic. We hypothesised that domestication-driven divergence in tolerance to low temperatures during early development may contribute to lower survival of farmed salmon offspring in the wild, which in turn, may influence patterns of introgression among populations exposed to different temperature regimes. We reared the offspring of 35 families of wild, farmed and hybrid origin at three temperatures (3.9, 5.6 and 12 °C) from the onset of exogenous feeding and throughout their first summer. Thermal reaction norms for growth and survival were investigated along the gradient. ... : Solberg et al 2016 BMC Evolutionary BiologySurvival and growth data for Atlantic salmon of farmed, hybrid and wild origin. ...