Genomic signatures of fine-scale local selection in Atlantic salmon suggest involvement of sexual maturation, energy homeostasis and immune defence-related genes

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Pritchard, Victoria L., Makinen, Hannu, Vähä, Juha-Pekka, Erkinaro, Jaakko, Orell, Panu, Primmer, Craig R.
• Other Authors: Biosciences, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Evolution, Conservation, and Genomics, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; ecotype; local selection; microgeographic adaptation; sockeye salmon; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN SIX6; CLASS-II COMBINATIONS; MHC CLASS-I; SOCKEYE-SALMON; ONCORHYNCHUS-TSHAWYTSCHA; STRUCTURED POPULATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY; POSITIVE SELECTION; WILD POPULATIONS; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; Sockeye; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326500

Elucidating the genetic basis of adaptation to the local environment can improve our understanding of how the diversity of life has evolved. In this study, we used a dense SNP array to identify candidate loci potentially underlying fine-scale local adaptation within a large Atlantic salmon (Salmo sa...