<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The genetic variability of whitefish, <italic>Coregonus lavaretus</italic> (L.), was studied based on 114 individuals from nine populations inhabiting Polish lakes, including the Szczecin Lagoon, and from one population each from lakes in Austria and Switzerland. Differences within and among populations were assessed with mitochondrial <italic>ND-1</italic> gene sequences that were PCR amplified and digested with ten restriction enzymes. The ten composite haplotypes obtained were sequenced and analyzed with MEGA4 software. The highest intrapopulation variability was noted in the whitefish populations inhabiting lakes Ińsko, Miedwie, Marianowo, Wisola, Śremskie, Morzycko, the Szczecin Lagoon, and Lake Lucerne, which possessed from two to five composite haplotypes. In contrast, populations inhabiting lakes Woświn, Czarne, and Traunsee were fixed for the most common haplotype H2.</p></abstract>

The genetic variability of whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), was studied based on 114 individuals from nine populations inhabiting Polish lakes, including the Szczecin Lagoon, and from one population each from lakes in Austria and Switzerland. Differences within and among populations were assessed with mitochondrial ND-1 gene sequences that were PCR amplified and digested with ten restriction enzymes. The ten composite haplotypes obtained were sequenced and analyzed with MEGA4 software. The highest intrapopulation variability was noted in the whitefish populations inhabiting lakes Ińsko, Miedwie, Marianowo, Wisola, Śremskie, Morzycko, the Szczecin Lagoon, and Lake Lucerne, which possessed from two to five composite haplotypes. In contrast, populations inhabiting lakes Woświn, Czarne, and Traunsee were fixed for the most common haplotype H2.

Genetic variability in European populations of <italic>Coregonus lavaretus</italic> (L.): an assessment based on mitochondrial <italic>ND-1</italic> gene haplotypes

Department of Aquaculture, West Pomeranian University of Technology, K. Królewicza 4, 71-550 Szczecin, Poland

Department of Ecophysiology and Aquaculture, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

Department of Fish Systematics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

Genetic variability in European populations of  (L.): an assessment based on mitochondrial  gene haplotypes

The genetic variability of whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), was studied based on 114 individuals from nine populations inhabiting Polish lakes, including...

Genetic variability in European populations of Coregonus lavaretus (L.): an assessment based on mitochondrial ND-1 gene haplotypes

Published Online: Jan 28, 2011

Page range: 197 - 204

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10086-010-0023-y

Keywords
PCR-RFLP, haplotype variability, mtDNA

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