Data from: Introgression from farmed escapees affects the full life cycle of wild Atlantic salmon
DOI10.5281/zenodo.5768722Zenodo5768722MaRDI QIDQ6692073FDOQ6692073
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Peder Fiske, Arne J. Jensen, Sten Karlsson, Vegard P. Sollien, Ola H. Diserud, Kurt Urdal, Geir H. Bolstad, Harald Sægrov, Gunnel Østborg, Bjørn Florø-Larsen, Ingerid J. Hagen, Kjetil Hindar
Publication date: 14 December 2021
After a half a century of salmon farming, we have yet to understand how the influx of genes from farmed escapees affects the full life history of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the wild. Using scale samples of over 6900 wild adult salmon from 105 rivers, we document that increased farmed genetic ancestry is associated with increased growth throughout life and a younger age at both seaward migration and sexual maturity. There was large among-population variation in the effects of introgression. Most saliently, the increased growth at sea following introgression declined with the population's average growth potential. Variation at two major-effect loci previously shown to be associated with age at maturity was little affected by farmed genetic ancestry and could not explain the observed phenotypic effects of introgression. Our study provides knowledge crucial for redicting the ecological and evolutionary consequences of increased aquaculture production worldwide.
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