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Low neutral genetic variability in a specialist puffin hunter: the Norwegian Lundehund
Author(s) -
Melis Claudia,
Borg Åsa A.,
Espelien Ingvild S.,
Jensen Henrik
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/age.12000
Subject(s) - biology , outcrossing , microsatellite , breed , locus (genetics) , genetic diversity , norwegian , inbreeding , loss of heterozygosity , nova scotia , genetic variability , allele , evolutionary biology , genetics , zoology , demography , ecology , genotype , population , geography , pollen , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , sociology , gene
Summary The genetic variability of 125 N orwegian L undehund and 27 N ova S cotia D uck T olling R etriever was analysed using a set of 26 microsatellite markers. In L undehund, the average number of alleles per locus was 1.73, and average observed ( H O ) and expected ( H E ) heterozygosity were 0.07. In T oller, all measures of genetic diversity were much higher than in L undehund and similar to studies on other dog breeds. The cluster analysis correctly assigned individuals to their respective breed. The low genetic variability in L undehund was not surprising, given the two strong bottlenecks in the 1940s and the 1960s. The relatedness of L undehund to other N ordic small spitzes should be investigated in the view of possible outcrossing.