Supplementary stocking selects for domesticated genotypes

Stocking of hatchery produced fish is widely used to supplement wild fish populations. Here, the authors show that supplementary stocking can unintentionally favour introgressed individuals with domestic genotypes and compromise the fitness of a wild population of Atlantic salmon.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Ingerid J. Hagen, Arne J. Jensen, Geir H. Bolstad, Ola H. Diserud, Kjetil Hindar, Håvard Lo, Sten Karlsson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Science
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Atlantic salmon
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08021-z
https://doaj.org/article/0e8aaa6e5e46436a9fe08465a7a896d3
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Summary:Stocking of hatchery produced fish is widely used to supplement wild fish populations. Here, the authors show that supplementary stocking can unintentionally favour introgressed individuals with domestic genotypes and compromise the fitness of a wild population of Atlantic salmon.

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