Article
Detecting population structure in a high gene-flow species, Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): direct, simultaneous evaluation of neutral vs putatively selected loci.
Heredity - 1 Feb 2011
André C, Larsson L C, Laikre L, Bekkevold D, Brigham J, Carvalho G R, Dahlgren T G, Hutchinson W F, Mariani S, Mudde K, Ruzzante D E, Ryman N
Abstract excerpt
In many marine fish species, genetic population structure is typically weak because populations are large, evolutionarily young and have a high potential for gene flow. We tested whether genetic markers influenced by natural selection are more efficient than the presumed neutral genetic markers to detect population structure in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), a migratory pelagic species with large effective...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Fishes
- Genetic Drift
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Isoenzymes
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Microsatellite Repeats