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Philippine Gossieaux1, Pascal Sirois2, Louis Bernatchez3
1Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Abstract:
The effects of introgression on parasitism in brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis were investigated in 28 lakes with various levels of stocking in Québec, Canada. No effect of genetic background on parasitism was found at the individual level. Body length seemed to explain most of the variation observed at this level, with largest fish being more infected. However, lakes with the greater average domestic genetic background were found to display significantly lower parasite prevalence and diversity. Since our results indicate no effect of domestic genes at the individual level, the negative association with introgression found at the population level may be mainly attributed to differences in intrinsic environmental quality of lakes (e.g. fishing pressure, availability of food resources, abiotic characteristics).
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