TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic differentiation between inshore and offshore Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off Newfoundland
T2 - Microsatellite DNA variation and antifreeze level
AU - Ruzzante, Daniel E.
AU - Taggart, Christopher T.
AU - Cook, Doug
AU - Goddard, Sally
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Microsatellite DNA provided evidence that Atlantic cod overwintering in inshore Newfoundland are genetically distinguishable from cod overwintering offshore. We compared variation in five loci in samples from inshore locations around Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, and from an offshore region on the northern Grand Bank (North Cape). Cod collected inshore were divided into two groups on the basis of antifreeze level in blood: those with high antifreeze levels presumed to have overwintered in cold (<0°C) inshore waters and those with low antifreeze levels presumed to have overwintered offshore in warmer (>2°C) waters. Fish overwintering inshore differed from offshore fish in allele sharing and in (δμ)2 distances, while fish with low antifreeze levels did not. Subpopulation structure (R(st)) was detected when offshore cod were compared with inshore cod with high levels of antifreeze but not when compared with those with low levels of antifreeze. These results suggest that cod overwintering inshore are genetically distinct from offshore cod. Inshore and offshore cod from the areas studied remain genetically distinct despite the fact that individuals from the two populations intermingle inshore during the summer and fall feeding migration. Thus, we found evidence of population structure at a finer geographical scale than has been shown to date for this species.
AB - Microsatellite DNA provided evidence that Atlantic cod overwintering in inshore Newfoundland are genetically distinguishable from cod overwintering offshore. We compared variation in five loci in samples from inshore locations around Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, and from an offshore region on the northern Grand Bank (North Cape). Cod collected inshore were divided into two groups on the basis of antifreeze level in blood: those with high antifreeze levels presumed to have overwintered in cold (<0°C) inshore waters and those with low antifreeze levels presumed to have overwintered offshore in warmer (>2°C) waters. Fish overwintering inshore differed from offshore fish in allele sharing and in (δμ)2 distances, while fish with low antifreeze levels did not. Subpopulation structure (R(st)) was detected when offshore cod were compared with inshore cod with high levels of antifreeze but not when compared with those with low levels of antifreeze. These results suggest that cod overwintering inshore are genetically distinct from offshore cod. Inshore and offshore cod from the areas studied remain genetically distinct despite the fact that individuals from the two populations intermingle inshore during the summer and fall feeding migration. Thus, we found evidence of population structure at a finer geographical scale than has been shown to date for this species.
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U2 - 10.1139/f95-228
DO - 10.1139/f95-228
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029757770
SN - 0706-652X
VL - 53
SP - 634
EP - 645
JO - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
JF - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
IS - 3
ER -