Title: Mitochondrial DNA and Microsatellite DNA Variation in Domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and Relationships with Wild Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, and Rangifer tarandus caribou).
Authors: Cronin, Matthew A.; Macneil, Michael D.; Patton, John C.
Abstract: The article discusses the frequencies of genetic variation and mitochondrial DNA haplotype and microsatellite allele in reindeers in Alaska, Siberia, Russia and Scandinavia and wild North American caribou. The genetic variation of reindeers from Alaska is comparable to herds in Russia. Most of the microsatellite loci among reindeers are polymorphic. The introgressive hybridization from reindeer to wild caribou contributed to the haplotype of two caribou in Alaska.
Subjects: BIOLOGICAL variation; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE repeats; REINDEER; CARIBOU; GENETIC polymorphisms; SPECIES hybridization
Publication: Journal of Heredity, 2006, Vol 97, Issue 5, p525
ISSN: 0022-1503
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl012

Mitochondrial DNA and Microsatellite DNA Variation in Domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and Relationships with Wild Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, and Rangifer tarandus caribou).

Cronin, Matthew A.; Macneil, Michael D.; Patton, John C.