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Genetic verification of native brown trout from the Persian Gulf (Catak Cay River, Tigris basin)
Author(s) -
Sušnik S.,
Schöffmann J.,
Weiss S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00780.x
Subject(s) - brown trout , salmo , biology , trout , haplotype , salmonidae , zoology , population , fishery , lineage (genetic) , mitochondrial dna , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics , genotype , gene , demography , sociology
Analysis of the mtDNA control region in six individual brown trout Salmo trutta from the Catak Cay River (Tigris basin) revealed a single, new, haplotype, 1·0 to 1·5% divergent from five other Da lineage haplotypes analysed, that groups with the Danubian clade with low bootstrap support. This highly divergent haplotype combined with unique phenotypic characteristics underscores the novelty and native status of this population, which has probably been isolated from other brown trout lineages for at least several hundred thousand years.