Complete mitochondrial control region sequences indicate a distinct variety of brown trout Salmo trutta in the Aral Sea.
Complete sequencing of the mtDNA control region (CR) from five specimens of brown trout Salmo trutta from the Amu Darya River identified two novel haplotypes belonging to the Danubian lineage. This finding supports the long-standing hypothesis that brown trout in the Aral Sea represent a distinct genetic stock and also illustrates the benefits that complete sequencing of the CR can provide for elucidating phylogeographic relationships.
Griffiths
A M
AM
Hatherly Laboratories, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4PS, UK.
Bright
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D
Stevens
J R
JR
D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014337:Trout / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial