Article
Genetic and phenotypic changes in an Atlantic salmon population supplemented with non-local individuals: a longitudinal study over 21 years.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Mar 2015
Le Cam Sabrina, Perrier Charles, Besnard Anne-Laure, Bernatchez Louis, Evanno Guillaume
Abstract excerpt
While introductions and supplementations using non-native and potentially domesticated individuals may have dramatic evolutionary effects on wild populations, few studies documented the evolution of genetic diversity and life-history traits in supplemented populations. Here, we investigated year-to-year changes from 1989 to 2009 in genetic admixture at 15 microsatellite loci and in phenotypic traits in an...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Longitudinal Studies
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Phenotype
- Rivers
- Salmo salar
