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Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Endangered Colorado Pikeminnow: A Comparison among Hatchery Stocks and Historic Specimens
Author(s) -
Borley Kimberly,
White Matthew M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/m05-176.1
Subject(s) - endangered species , fishery , mitochondrial dna , hatchery , biology , fish hatchery , zoology , geography , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , habitat , genetics , aquaculture , fish farming , gene
The Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius is a federally endangered species restricted to the Colorado River. Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, Dexter, New Mexico, maintains three separate captive stocks of the Colorado pikeminnow: 1974YC (Yampa River), 1981YC (Green–Colorado rivers), and 1991YC (Colorado River). We surveyed mitochondrial DNA diversity in these three stocks (879 base pairs [bp]; ND‐4L and ND‐4 genes; N = 30) and in museum specimens collected from 1890 to 1976 (450 bp; ND‐4 ; N = 11). All individuals had the same haplotype except for a 1‐bp variant detected in 2 of the 12 fish from 1981YC. The low variation is postulated to be the result of a post‐Pleistocene bottleneck in the wild and small sizes of the hatchery founder populations.

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