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Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Northwestern Bering Sea Walleye Pollock, Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas)

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Genetic variability of the highly valuable gadid species, walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas 1811), from five spatially separated northwestern Bering Sea areas (Ozernoi Bay, Olutorskyi Bay, Koryak shelf, Navarin region, and Anadyr Gulf) was investigated. Haplotype diversity within the samples ranged from 0.8788±0.0393 to 0.9436±0.0162. Nucleotide diversity within the samples ranged from 0.0108 to 0.0127. Nucleotide diversity among the regional collections ranged from 0% to 0.18%. Walleye pollock from the Anadyr Gulf appeared genetically separate from the other four samples in a clustering of genetic distances. Total heterogeneity among all five samples was significant, while there was no heterogeneity among the four samples excluding that from the Anadyr Gulf. Pair-wise comparisons using tests for heterogeneity and Fst supported the dendrogram of genetic distances in that only the collection from the Anadyr Gulf was significantly different from the others. The observed pattern of genetic differentiation among walleye pollock from the northwestern Bering Sea presumably emerged as a result of a population of the species subdividing in the northernmost part of its geographic range, though further analysis is needed to verify this supposition.

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    Vladimir A. Brykov, N.E. Polyakova & T.F. Priima

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Brykov, V.A., Polyakova, N., Priima, T. et al. Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Northwestern Bering Sea Walleye Pollock, Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas). Environmental Biology of Fishes 69, 167–175 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EBFI.0000022906.65491.7c

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