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Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Four Minnesota Populations of Lake Whitefish: Utility as Species and Population Markers
Author(s) -
Shields Barbara A.,
Kapuscinski Anne R.,
Guise Kevin S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1992)121<0021:mdvifm>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - mitochondrial dna , coregonus clupeaformis , restriction fragment length polymorphism , biology , coregonus , zoology , population , genetics , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , polymerase chain reaction , gene , demography , sociology
Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis was performed on the mitochondria) DNA (mtDNA) of 33 lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis from four spawning populations in north‐central Minnesota. Diagnostic differences between the RFLP patterns of mtDNA from lake whitefish and cisco C. artedi were useful in the identification of fresh fillets and fresh or frozen carcasses. However, mtDNA analysis was of little use for identification of lake whitefish populations because of the low diversity documented among study populations.