title: Genetic architecture of trout from Albania as revealed by mtDNA control region variation.
abstract: To determine the genetic architecture of trout in Albania, 87 individuals were collected from 19 riverine and lacustrine sites in Albania, FYROM and Greece. All individuals were analyzed for sequence variation in the mtDNA control region. Among fourteen haplotypes detected, four previously unpublished haplotypes, bearing a close relationship to haplotypes of the Adriatic and marmoratus lineages of Salmo trutta, were revealed. Ten previously described haplotypes, characteristic of S. ohridanus, S. letnica and the Adriatic and Mediterranean lineages of S. trutta, were also detected. Haplotypes detected in this study were placed in a well supported branch of S. ohridanus, and a cluster of Mediterranean-Adriatic-marmoratus haplotypes, which were further delimited into three subdivisions of Mediterranean, marmoratus, and a previously non-described formation of four Adriatic haplotypes (Balkan cluster). Haplotypes of the Balkan cluster and the other Adriatic haplotypes, do not represent a contiguous haplotype lineage and appear not to be closely related, indicating independent arrivals into the Adriatic drainage and suggesting successive colonization events. Despite the presence of marmoratus haplotypes in Albania, no marbled phenotype was found, confirming previously reported findings that there is no association between this phenotype and marmoratus haplotypes.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Department of Animal Science, Groblje 3, SI-1230 DomZale, Slovenia. ales.snoj@bfro.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Snoj
authors.forename: Sasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marić
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berrebi
authors.forename: Alain J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Crivelli
authors.forename: Spase
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shumka
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Susnik
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania; D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006239:Haplotypes; D010802:Phylogeny; D014337:Trout / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial