07-02-2010, 06:26 AM
You mean to tell me that since the Pleistocene, walleye have evolved into only 5 subspecies?
Quote from the paper " Analysis of intraspecific mtDNA RFLP haplotypes has shown walleye from the Great Lakes to group into four distinct populations consistent with three Pleistocene refugia " and " A fifth group of walleye was identified from the Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee River Basins"
Why, our very own Bonneville cutthroat trout also has 5 subtypes and lake Bonneville has only been gone for 10,000 years.
Who would have thought that this discussion would demonstrate that the good old Bonneville Cutt would be shown to be evolutionarily more adaptable than walleye! [
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Carry on
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Quote from the paper " Analysis of intraspecific mtDNA RFLP haplotypes has shown walleye from the Great Lakes to group into four distinct populations consistent with three Pleistocene refugia " and " A fifth group of walleye was identified from the Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee River Basins"
Why, our very own Bonneville cutthroat trout also has 5 subtypes and lake Bonneville has only been gone for 10,000 years.
Who would have thought that this discussion would demonstrate that the good old Bonneville Cutt would be shown to be evolutionarily more adaptable than walleye! [
] Carry on
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