Low genetic variation in perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) from three major European drainage systems in Switzerland |
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| Authors: | Hansjakob Heldstab Masaya Katoh |
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| Institution: | (1) Zoological Museum, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | Previous genetic studies on perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in northern and southern regions of Europe have shown low heterozygosity. No such investigation has been conducted in the central part of Europe. The genetic variability ofP. fluviatilis in four Swiss lakes (Lake Constance, Lake Zürich, Lake Geneva and Lake Maggiore) was investigated. These four lakes belong to three different drainage systems (Rhine, Rhone and Po) without connections. A total of 136 fish were analysed electrophoretically. Only one locus (SOD
*) was highly polymorphic in Lake Constance among the 27 loci studied. The expected heterozygosities for each population and for the total population were higher than in the previous studies but low (H
S= 0.38–2.7%;H
T=1.22%) and Nei's genetic distances were small (0.000–0.003). However, the jack-knifed mean of the Wright'sF
STwas calculated as 0.142, which indicates modest genetic differentiation among the perch populations in Switzerland, due to the differentiated population in Lake Constance. |
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| Keywords: | Perca fluviatilis allozymes heterozygosity electrophoresis |
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