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DNA fingerprinting in Speke's gazelle: a test for genetic distinctness, and the correlation between relatedness and similarity
Author(s) -
BUTLER M. A.,
TEMPLETON A. R.,
READ B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-294x.1994.tb00075.x
Subject(s) - biology , inbreeding , similarity (geometry) , genetic similarity , population , evolutionary biology , range (aeronautics) , genetic relationship , dna profiling , genetic variation , genetics , dna , genetic diversity , demography , artificial intelligence , gene , materials science , composite material , sociology , computer science , image (mathematics)
In the absence of pedigree information, the determination of genetic distinctness of populations can only be made by genetic methods. Using DNA fingerprinting on the North American captive herd of Speke's gazelle Gazella spekei , we were able to address two hypotheses. First, two new individuals were found to have come from a genetically distinct population ( P = 0.008, permutation test), and represent potential new founders to be added to the population. Secondly, genetic similarity was not significantly correlated with relatedness under extreme inbreeding and very close relationship (coefficient of relationship range 0.304‐0.717).