Genetic structure and within-generation genome scan analysis of fisheries-induced evolution in a Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) population
Authors: | Chebib, Jobran; Renaut, Sébastien; Bernatchez, Louis; Rogers, Sean Michael |
Abstract: | Size-selective harvest may lead to over-exploitation of commercial fisheries, but the population genetic and evolutionary consequences of such practices remain poorly understood. We investigated the role of within-generation selection in a historically over-exploited Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) population associated with fisheries-induced evolution in Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. DNA from archived scales of Lake Whitefish collected between 1986 and 1999 were genotyped at 20 microsatellites and 51 gene-coding SNPs associated with growth and reproduction. We found that the Lake Whitefish in Lesser Slave Lake consisted of a single genetic stock, with microsatellites revealing more temporal than spatial variation in allele frequencies. A comparative genome scan among replicate cohorts from commercially harvested versus random survey samples identified one candidate SNP under divergent selection. This SNP localized within a gene encoding nucleoside diphosphate kinase A, a protein associated with differential growth. Collectively, the results highlight the utility of within-generation genome scans towards investigating the evolutionary consequences of harvest in the wild. |
Document Type: | Article de recherche |
Issue Date: | 26 November 2015 |
Open Access Date: | Restricted access |
Document version: | VoR |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/366 |
This document was published in: | Conservation genetics, Vol. 17 (2), pp 473-483 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-015-0797-y Springer Link |
Alternative version: | 10.1007/s10592-015-0797-y http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853541/ |
Collection: | Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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