Revisiting evolutionary dead ends in sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka) life history
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Abstract
This study challenges recent hypotheses about sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) colonization based on life history and broadens the pathways that investigators should consider when studying sockeye colonization of novel habitats. Most sockeye populations exhibit lake-type life histories. Riverine populations are thought to be more likely to stray from their natal stream to spawn and therefore colonize new habitat. We examined genetic relationships among five geographically proximate sockeye populations from the Aniakchak region of the Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. Specifically, we sought to determine if the genetic population structure was consistent with the hypothesis that a riverine population colonized a recently available upriver volcanic caldera lake, and whether recent volcanism led to genetic bottlenecks in these sockeye populations. Heterozygosity and allelic richness were not higher in the riverine population. Patterns of genetic divergence suggested that the geographically proximate riverine sockeye population did not colonize the lake; the caldera populations were more genetically divergent from the downstream riverine population (FST = 0.047) than a lake-type population in a different drainage (FST = 0.018). Our results did not suggest the presence of genetic bottlenecks in the caldera populations.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Revisiting evolutionary dead ends in sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka) life history |
| Series title | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1139/F07-091 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | NRC Research Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Alaska Science Center |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | 1199 |
| Last page | 1208 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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