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Microsatellite Variation in Populations of Atlantic Salmon from North Europe

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Our aim was to investigate the level of genetic differentiation in northern European populations of Atlantic salmon, to establish the genetic relationship among major salmon populations in Russia and North Norway, and to compare these to populations from the western Atlantic lineage. Samples were collected along an east—west axis, from Pechora River in Russia to Restigouche River in Quebec, Canada. A total of 439 individual salmon were collected from seven rivers (sample sizes from 50 to 84 individuals). The samples were analysed for variation at four microsatellite loci; Ssa13.37, Ssa14, Ssa171 and Ssa171. Significant differences were found between most of the European populations, and the populations from the Tana and Pechora Rivers were most distinct. The samples from the Rivers Mezenskaya Pizhma and Emtsa in Arkhangelsk oblast in Russia were not significantly different from each other in an exact test of population differences. All other river pairs were significantly different. These results confirmed the deep genetic divergence between American and European salmon populations demonstrated in earlier studies, with alleles specific to continent found in three of the microsatellites.

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    Vidar Wennevik & Øystein Skaala

  2. State Research Institute on Lake and River Fisheries, Makarova Emb. 26, 199053, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Sergej F. Titov

  3. Northern Branch of Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, SevPINRO, Uritskovo ul. 17, 163002, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    Igor Studyonov

  4. Institute of Fisheries and Marine Biology, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, N-5020, Bergen, Norway

    Gunnar Nævdal

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Wennevik, V., Skaala, Ø., Titov, S.F. et al. Microsatellite Variation in Populations of Atlantic Salmon from North Europe. Environmental Biology of Fishes 69, 143–152 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EBFI.0000022890.15512.29

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