DNA HETEROZYGOSITY AND GROWTH RATE IN THE ATLANTIC CODGADUS MORHUA(L)
- 1 June 1998
- Vol. 52 (3) , 915-920
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03717.x
Abstract
Relationships between growth rate and the degree of individual heterozygosity at ten nuclear RFLP loci were examined in two populations of the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, from northern Norway. A highly significant positive correlation was observed between growth rate and DNA heterozygosity in one population (Balsfjord) but not in the other (Barents Sea). Our results provide support for an important prediction of the associative overdominance hypothesis that heterozygosity-fitness correlations can be detected at neutral genetic markers and suggest that environmental conditions might play a dominant role in the manifestation of the correlation.Keywords
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