Microsatellite DNA Loci Reveal Genetic Structure of Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 132 (3) , 503-513
Abstract
The genetic population structure of yellow perch Perca flavescens was assessed, with a focus on spawning groups within Lake Michigan. Six microsatellite DNA loci were evaluated, which had heterozygosities ranging from 0.21 to 0.86 in samples from seven Lake Michigan locations and six others in the north-central United States. Genetic variation within samples was somewhat higher in Lake Michigan than in surrounding inland lakes. Genetic variation was also higher in the north-central United States than in a sample from the eastern United States. Exact tests for population differentiation and the fixation index R ST indicated little differentiation among spawning groups within southern Lake Michigan or Green Bay (pairwise R ST values,−0.005 to +0.014; P > 0.05 after sequential Bonferroni correction for multiple tests). However, spawning groups in Green Bay were distinct from those in Lake Michigan, and all inland locations were distinct from one another as well as from those in Lake Michigan (P < 0....Keywords
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