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In order to clarify the genetic structure and the phylogenetic relationships among brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations from Greece and other European countries starch gel electrophoresis was used. The populations come from various rivers from Greece and other European countries, flowing to the Atlantic or to the Mediterranean. Eleven enzymic systems were investigated. These correspond to 26 putative loci. A high degree of genetic polymorphism was found. The percentage of polymorphic loci ranged from 3.8 to 34.6 and the degree of expected heterozygosity from 0.016 to 0.1. F-statistics and clustering analyses indicated the existence of a high degree of differentiation. This differentiation is mainly between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean populations. Furthermore the Mediterranean populations seem to be divided into two groups. One includes the western Mediterranean populations and populations from western Greece and the other north-eastern Greek populations. The latter seem to be related to other Balkan populations and probably to Danubian or Black Sea populations. These results support the idea of two different lineages of Mediterranean brown trout populations, one of which is probably of aboriginal origin.
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The authors are indebted to Dr P. Berrebi, Dr I. Doadrio, Dr F. Gutierrez and Dr V. Slechta for providing samples; to Prof. P. Economidis and Dr A. Kouvatsi for their fruitful discussions and to Mr R. Clarembaux for his valuable help in correcting the manuscript. Financial support from the European Commission within the framework EV5VCT920097 project is gratefully acknowledged.
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Apostolidis, A., Karakousis, Y. & Triantaphyllidis, C. Genetic divergence and phylogenetic relationships among Salmo trutta L. (brown trout) populations from Greece and other European countries. Heredity 76, 551–560 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1996.80
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