Growth, morphology, and developmental instability of rainbow trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and four hybrid generations
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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Abstract
Hybridization of cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii with nonindigenous rainbow trout O. mykiss contributes to the decline of cutthroat trout subspecies throughout their native range. Introgression by rainbow trout can swamp the gene pools of cutthroat trout populations, especially if there is little selection against hybrids. We used rainbow trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout O. clarkii bouvieri, and rainbow trout × Yellowstone cutthroat trout F1 hybrids as parents to construct seven different line crosses: F1 hybrids (both reciprocal crosses), F2 hybrids, first-generation backcrosses (both rainbow trout and Yellowstone cutthroat trout), and both parental taxa. We compared growth, morphology, and developmental instability among these seven crosses reared at two different temperatures. Growth was related to the proportion of rainbow trout genome present within the crosses. Meristic traits were influenced by maternal, additive, dominant, overdominant, and (probably) epistatic genetic effects. Developmental stability, however, was not disturbed in F1 hybrids, F2 hybrids, or backcrosses. Backcrosses were morphologically similar to their recurrent parent. The lack of developmental instability in hybrids suggests that there are few genetic incompatibilities preventing introgression. Our findings suggest that hybrids are not equal: that is, growth, development, character traits, and morphology differ depending on the genomic contribution from each parental species as well as the hybrid generation.
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Ostberg, C., Duda, J., Graham, J., Zhang, S., Haywood, K.P., Miller, B., Lerud, T., 2011, Growth, morphology, and developmental instability of rainbow trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and four hybrid generations: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 140, no. 2, p. 334-344, https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2011.567866.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Growth, morphology, and developmental instability of rainbow trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and four hybrid generations |
| Series title | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
| DOI | 10.1080/00028487.2011.567866 |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 11 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
| First page | 334 |
| Last page | 344 |