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- Title
Genetic polymorphism of commander islands polar foxes Alopex lagopus semenovi Ognev, 1931 and Alopex lagopus beringiensis Merriam, 1902.
- Authors
Dzhikiya, E.; Kolesnikov, A.; Chudakova, D.; Zagrabelniy, S.; Goltsman, M.
- Abstract
The polymorphism of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequence was examined in 30 polar foxes from Bering Island and 30 polar foxes from Mednyi Island. Seven haplotypes were revealed in polar foxes from Bering Island, and one, in polar foxes from Mednyi Island. The age of divergence of these populations (12 000 ± 6 000 years) was calculated based on a fragment of the D-loop. In Bering polar foxes, the sequence nucleotide diversity (π) was 0.003 ( S.D. = 0.002), the haplotype diversity h in Bering polar foxes was 0.835 ( S.D. = 0.037). The effective number of females n the Bering Island population was estimated as 105 animals.
- Subjects
ANIMAL genetics; ARCTIC fox; GENETIC polymorphisms; POPULATION genetics; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEIC acids; BIOLOGICAL divergence
- Publication
Russian Journal of Genetics, 2007, Vol 43, Issue 9, p1032
- ISSN
1022-7954
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1022795407090098