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Microsatellite genetic variation of Asian populations of Dolly Varden char

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Genetic variation at eight microsatellite loci was examined in 21 populations of Dolly Varden charrs, Salvelinus malma, representing five geographical regions (Kamchatka Peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk coast, Sea of Japan coast, Sakhalin Island, and Kuril islands). Hierarchical analysis of molecular variance showed that 11% (58% in terms of R-statistics) of the variation was distributed among of northern subspecies of Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma malma and southern Asian Dolly Varden, S. m. krascheninnikovi while similar values were attributed to the among-regional level within northern Dolly Varden 9% (7%) and southern Asian Dolly Varden 11% (14%). Permutation-based tests indicated a mutational component to genetic differentiation based on allelic size variance and suggested that divergence of the two subspecies had occurred at least 3,000 generations ago. On large spatial scales (within the Asian range of the species), populations clustered according to their geographical location. On smaller scales (within regions and subregions) correlation between genetic and geographic distances was not significant. Northern Dolly Varden has higher allelic diversity and more private alleles than southern subspecies, this probably indicating differences in demographic history.

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We thank Alexander G. Osinov, Sergey V. Frolov, and Vladimir T. Omelchenko for providing tissue samples. Financial support for this study was provided by grants from the President of Russia for young scientists support (Projects MK-5555.2008.4), and from the Programs of Fundamental Studies of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Gene Pools.

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Gordeeva, N.V., Chukova, E.I. & Oleinik, A.G. Microsatellite genetic variation of Asian populations of Dolly Varden char. Hydrobiologia 650, 133–144 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0104-3

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