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Genetic divergence between morphological forms of brown troutSalmo truttaL. in the Balkan region of Macedonia

S. Lo BruttoN. HristovskiMarco Arculeo

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Mitochondrial DNASpecies complexTroutanimal diseasesSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaZoologyAquatic ScienceDNA MitochondrialBrown troutSalmo truttaAnimalsCluster AnalysisSalmomorphotypemtDNA.PhylogenyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsbiologyEcologyCytochrome bGenetic VariationSequence Analysis DNAbiology.organism_classificationSalmo macedonicusEuropeGenetic divergenceGenetics PopulationFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM)HaplotypesGenetic structure

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The objective of this study was to characterize the genetic structure of two Balkan brown trout morphotypes, Salmo macedonicus and Salmo pelagonicus, and to test whether molecular traits support the species’ status proposed by traditional morphological identification. The mitochondrial DNA 12S-rDNA, cyt b and control region genes were sequenced in 15 specimens collected from three localities in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The results of these markers did not support the taxonomic category of species but confirmed the existence of two morphotypes, Salmo trutta macedonicus and Salmo trutta pelagonicus, in the Aegean–Adriatic lineages of the Salmo trutta species complex.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-04-23Journal of Fish Biology
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02595.x