We used microarrays and a previously established linkage map to localize the genetic determinants of brain gene expression for a backcross family of lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus sp.). Our goals were to elucidate the genomic distribution and sex specificity of brain expression QTL (eQTL) and to determine the extent to which genes controlling transcriptional variation may underlie adap...

The content of heavy metals in fish different ecological groups the conditions Argazinsky reservoir (Russia) has been studied, its safety when used as a product nutrition was given. material study “local” (bream, pike, perch, roach, whitefish) caught by fishermen. determined atomic absorption method. Compared to muscular tissue, bone tissue found accumulate more manganese, zinc, cadmium, lead, ...

Latest technological developments in evolutionary biology bring new challenges in documenting the intricate genetic architecture of species in the process of divergence. Sympatric populations of lake whitefish represent one of the key systems to investigate this issue. Despite the value of random genotype-by-sequencing methods and decreasing cost of sequencing technologies, it remains challengi...

We assessed variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and in nuclear genes by allozyme analysis among sympatric pairs of limnetic and benthic ecotypes of whitefish (Coregonus) coexisting in three lakes of southern Yukon to address three evolutionary questions regarding their origins. Are sympatric low and high gill-raker count ecotypes ge...

Natural hybridization plays a key role in the process of speciation. However, anthropogenic (human induced) hybridization of historically isolated taxa raises conservation issues. Due to weak barriers to gene flow and the presence of endangered taxa, the whitefish species complex is an excellent study system to investigate the consequences of hybridization in conservation. We focused on three n...

The aim of this work was to get deeper insight into genetic factors involved in the adaptive divergence of closely related species, specifically two representatives of Baikal coregonids--Baikal whitefish (Coregonus baicalensis Dybowski) and Baikal omul (Coregonus migratorius Georgi)--that diverged from a common ancestor as recently as 10-20 thousand years ago. Using the Serial Analysis of Gene ...

Alizarin red S from 200 to 5000 mg L was used to mark the otoliths of whitefish embryos Coregonus lavaretus (L.) from 5 days after fertilization until shortly before hatching, to develop a method for evaluating the effect of stocking whitefish. Mark quality depended on developmental stage at the time of immersion. The best results were obtained when the otolith primordia had formed and had star...

We recently documented the existence of two highly distinct mitochondrial DNA (rntDNA) phylogenetic groups of Coregonus sg. in Beringia in the absence of geographic separation. Po test whether this resulted from secondary intergradation of two groups that evolved in allopatry in Eurasia and Beringia, rntDNA restriction-fragment-length pslyrnorphisms of 21 0 whitefish representing 22 populations...

Species pairs of whitefish (Coregonus sp.) found in postglacial lakes are used to illustrate the benefits of combining molecular and ecological approaches in studies of adaptive radiation. A detailed mitochondrial DNA phylogeographic analysis revealed that this species complex is composed of five major phylogenetic groups identifying races that survived the Pleistocene glaciations in distinct r...

Food consumption and energy allocation of larval and juvenile whitefish Coregonus lavaretus L. were studied by conducting respirometry experiments at 10, 12 and 15) C. Results from these experiments were compared with those predicted by a bioenergetics model that used observed growth as the major input. The data were used to assess the performance of the model, and evaluate its suitability for ...