Plasticity in growth of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon: is the increased growth rate of farmed salmon caused by evolutionary adaptations to the commercial diet?

Table 1 Overview of experimental design

Treatment	Control		Carp		Natural
	Tank 1	Tank 2	Tank 3	Tank 4	Tank 5	Tank 5
Initial number per tank	15 Families:	15 Families:	15 Families:	15 Families:	15 Families:	15 Families:
	5 farmed	5 farmed	5 farmed	5 farmed	5 farmed	5 farmed
	5 F1 hybrid	5 F1 hybrid	5 F1 hybrid	5 F1 hybrid	5 F1 hybrid	5 F1 hybrid
	5 wild	5 wild	5 wild	5 wild	5 wild	5 wild
	30 eggs per family	30 eggs per family	30 eggs per family	30 eggs per family	30 eggs per family	30 eggs per family
	n = 450	n = 450*	n = 450	n = 450	n = 450	n = 450
Sampled	n = 422	n = 423	n = 290	n = 328	n = 215	n = 306

The ratios of Atlantic salmon families within each genetic group, the total number of fish in each replicate and the final number of surviving fish sampled from each replicated diet treatment are indicated. *One control replicate contained 451 eggs, as at the time of sorting one family was accidentally allocated one extra egg. The total number of fish sampled at experiment termination was 1984 as the numbers indicate here

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