Complete mitochondrial genomes of Baikal endemic coregonids: omul and lacustrine whitefish (Salmonidae: Coregonus sp.).

ABSTRACT: Coregonid fishes are among the most successful groups in the subarctic, boreal, and subalpine fresh waters of the northern hemisphere. Limnetic-benthic sympatric species-pairs from two different evolutionary lineages, the North American lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis species complex), and the European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus species complex), are becoming the subject of close attention to explore the role of natural selection during the ecological speciation. Baikal endemic coregonids, limnetic omul (Coregonus migratorius), and benthic lacustrine whitefish (Coregonus baicalensis) are the only representatives of another unique lineage that has not left the lake since the divergence from the two above. Due to Pleistocene oscillations sympatric limne

SUBMITTER: Teterina V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7748752 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature