“…In addition, it is haploid and characterized by a maternal inheritance (Avise, 2004;Park & Moran, 1994) thus non-recombining mtDNA haplotypes can be linked to each other by a network of sequential evolutionary transformations (Bandelt, Forster, & Röhl, 1999). There are only few papers dedicated to sockeye salmon mtDNA geographical variability in both Pacific Ocean coasts (Bachevskaya, Pereverzeva, & Ivanova, 2013;Bachevskaya et al, 2015;Bickham et al, 1995;Brykov et al, 2005;Churikov et al, 2001;Khrustaleva, 2016;Kondzela & Gharrett, 2007), and they cover just some fragmental areas of sockeye salmon range.…”