2) Determine if collections from Roza Dam
constitute a
population mixture
Roza Dam Steelhead
Project Objectives
Why?
•Roza Dam has excellent collection
facilities, but Roza Dam
is
located fairly far downstream of upper Yakima steelhead
spawning areas
•It is important to determine if there are
multiple populations
upstream of Roza Dam
1) Roza
Dam has excellent collection facilities, and could be used to collect
steelhead for broodstock for the upper Yakima population.Yet, Roza Dam is located fairly far
downstream of steelhead spawning areas, so it is important to determine if
there are multiple populations upstream of Roza Dam.If a collection is composed of two or more
separate populations, and the mixed collection is analyzed as if it were a
single randomly mating population, the distribution of genotypes given the
allele frequencies observed will not meet statistical expectations.