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To develop genetic stock identification methods that account for sampling error in baseline allele frequencies and evaluate contributions from unsampled source populations.

March 1, 1990Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

A Genetic Mixture Analysis for use with Incomplete Source Population Data

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PSPeter E. SmouseRutgers, The State University of New Jersey RWRobin S. WaplesUniversity of Washington JTJoseph A. TworekUniversity of Central Florida

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Methodological study demonstrates stock composition estimation in chinook salmon, highlighting robust genetic management despite unsampled source populations.

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To develop genetic stock identification methods that account for sampling error in baseline allele frequencies and evaluate contributions from unsampled source populations.
Developed statistical mixture analysis models incorporating allele frequency sampling error and mechanisms for unsampled candidate stocks.
Evaluated the method using genotype data from chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) collected during the 1980 and 1981 Bonneville Dam egg bank program.
Estimated that approximately 90% of both the 1980 and 1981 chinook salmon collections originated from the Hanford Reach area.
Determined that roughly 10% of collections originated from the Deschutes River, with limited contributions detected from the lower Columbia River, Snake River, or unidentified sources.

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Smouse et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c18d14ebd09f3dfa96f2b https://doi.org/10.1139/f90-070

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Methodological study demonstrates stock composition estimation in chinook salmon, highlighting robust genetic management despite unsampled source populations.

A Genetic Mixture Analysis for use with Incomplete Source Population Data

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A Genetic Mixture Analysis for use with Incomplete Source Population Data

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