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Population Genetic Structure of Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean Based on Microsatellite Analysis

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The population genetic structure of Pacific herring Clupea pallasii in the northwestern Pacific Ocean is studied based on the polymorphism analysis of 11 microsatellite loci. Significant genetic differences are found between lacustrine and marine forms of herring (FST 0.0197−0.0521). The herring of lakes Ainskoe and Vilyui are separate populations. Based on the genetic differentiation index FST (0.0086−0.0218), the samples of marine forms are divided into two geographical groups: the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan group, and the Bering Sea group. Within these groups, five population groups are differentiated: (1) Peter the Great Gulf, (2) northwestern Sea of Okhotsk (Okhotsk), (3) Shelikhov Gulf Shelikhova (Gizhiginsk), (4) Karaginsky Gulf, and (5) northern Bering Sea. During a period of high abundance, herring lacks clear ecological boundaries; its population structure can change over several generations on a significant part of the distribution range. The modern population structure of the marine forms was formed by a depression of the Bering Sea population and a population explosion in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Kurnosov, D.S., Orlova, S.Y. Population Genetic Structure of Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean Based on Microsatellite Analysis. J. Ichthyol. 61, 250–258 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945221020090

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