Article
A critical review of adaptive genetic variation in Atlantic salmon: implications for conservation.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 May 2007
Garcia de Leaniz C, Fleming I A, Einum S, Verspoor E, Jordan W C, Consuegra S, Aubin-Horth N, Lajus D, Letcher B H, Youngson A F, Webb J H, Vøllestad L A, Villanueva B, Ferguson A, Quinn T P
Abstract excerpt
Here we critically review the scale and extent of adaptive genetic variation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), an important model system in evolutionary and conservation biology that provides fundamental insights into population persistence, adaptive response and the effects of anthropogenic change. We consider the process of adaptation as the end product of natural selection, one that can best be viewed as...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Reproduction
- Salmo salar
- Selection, Genetic