We examined allozyme variation in the parents and offspring of 41 cros
sings of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch. Mendelian inheritance previ
ously unreported for Pacific salmon was confirmed at 11 loci: sAAT-4,
sAH, ALAT*, EST-1*, beta GALA*, GAPDH-2*, GPI-B2*, sMDH-A1,2*, PEPA*
, PEPC, and PNP-1*. Independent assortment was found for the followin
g locus pairs: ADA-1 and beta GALA*, ALAT* and beta GALA*, ALAT* and
EST-1, EST-1* and beta GALA*, EST-1* and PEPC*, GAPDH-2* and PNP-1*,
beta GALA and GPI-B2*, beta GALA* and sMDH-A1,2*, and beta GALA* and
PEPC.