Congruence of Population Genetic Profiles Obtained from Mitochondrial and Microsatellite DNA Analyses in the Pacific Rim Chum Salmon Populations

摘要

Chum salmon have received considerable attention due to their high commercial importance and wide geographic distribution in the Pacific Rim (Quinn 2005). Stock identification of chum salmon in mixed aggregations in high seas is therefore a fundamental international issue. Genetic stock identification using polymorphic mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers could become a competent method with high resolution power and technical ease compared with the conventional allozyme analysis.