Low but significant genetic differentiation underlies biologically meaningful phenotypic divergence in a large Atlantic salmon population

• Main Authors: Aykanat, Tutku, Johnston, Susan E., Orell, Panu, Niemelä, Eero, Erkinaro, Jaakko, Primmer, Craig R.
• Other Authors: Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Elinympäristö ja ekologia / Akvaattinen ekologia (100303), Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Elinympäristö ja ekologia / Rakennetut vesistöt (100307), Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Kala-, riista- ja metsäseurannat / Meri- ja vaelluskalaseurannat (100501), 100303, 100307, 100501
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell
• Subjects: age at maturity; cryptic population structure; growth; life history variation; population genetics; single nucleotide polymorphisms; Teno; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/531584

Despite decades of research assessing the genetic structure of natural populations, the biological meaning of low yet significant genetic divergence often remains unclear due to a lack of associated phenotypic and ecological information. At the same time, structured populations with low genetic dive...