Transcriptome-wide comparison of sequence variation in divergent ecotypes of kokanee salmon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High throughput next-generation sequencing technology has enabled the collection of genome-wide sequence data and revolutionized single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery in a broad range of species. When analyzed within a population genomics framework, SNP-based genotypic data may be used to investigate questions of evolutionary, ecological, and conservation significance in natural populations of non-model organisms. Kokanee salmon are recently diverged freshwater populations of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) that exhibit reproductive ecotypes (stream-spawning and shore-spawning) in lakes throughout western North America and northeast Asia. Current conservation and management strategies may treat these ecotypes as discrete stocks, however their recent divergen

SUBMITTER: Lemay MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3653777 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature