title: Genetic differentiation among natural European populations of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., from drainages of the Atlantic Ocean.
abstract: Previously published allelic frequencies at four polymorphic protein coding loci were used as a basis for examining genetic relationships among 19 European populations of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.--exclusive of Baltic drainages--from the Barents Sea to Spain. The data did not support a model of distinct ancestral (e.g. Boreal and Celtic) origins, but were consistent with all populations descending from a single ancestral group within this region with genetically diverged populations drawn together through limited local migrations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Funcional (Genética), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Utter
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005060:Europe; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012474:Salmon / Q000235:genetics*