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Population genetic structure of northern Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma malma in Asia and North America

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The level of genetic differentiation of northern Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma malma from Asia and North America was evaluated using the data on mtDNA variation (regions ND1/ND2, ND5/ND6, and Cytb/D-loop) obtained by means of PCR-RFLP analysis. For S. m. malma, the mean values of haplo-type and nucleotide diversity were 0.5261 ± 0.00388 and 0.001558, respectively. The mean estimate of the population nucleotide divergence constituted 0.055%. It was demonstrated that S. m. malma on the most part of the species range examined (drainages of the Beaufort Sea, Chukotka Sea, Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk) was characterized by the population genetic structure with the low level of genetic differentiation and divergence. At the same time, populations from the Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska demonstrated marked genetic differentiation, supported by the high pairwise G4ST values (from 0.4198 to 0.5211) and nucleotide divergence estimates (mean divergence, 0.129%), from Asian and North American populations. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) showed that most of the mtDNA variation in S. m. malma fell in the intrapopulation component (72.5%). At the same time, the differences between the populations (21.1%) and between the regions (6.4%) made lower contribution to the total variation.

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Oleinik, L.A. Skurikhina, Vl.A. Brykov, 2011, published in Genetika, 2011, Vol. 47, No.12, pp. 1642–1654.

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Oleinik, A.G., Skurikhina, L.A. & Brykov, V.A. Population genetic structure of northern Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma malma in Asia and North America. Russ J Genet 47, 1456–1467 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795411110135

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