Open AccessStark unterschiedliche Ergebnisse zwischen biochemischen und DNA‐Markern bei der Analyse von Variabilität und Differenzierung von norddeutschen Rehen ( Capreolus capreolus )
Author(s) -
Zachos F. E.,
Hmwe S. S.,
Hartl G. B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1439-0469
pISSN - 0947-5745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00350.x
Subject(s) - capreolus , biology , roe deer , microsatellite , genetic variability , zoology , inbreeding , genetic variation , genetics , allele , population , demography , genotype , gene , sociology
Three mainland and two island roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) populations with a total sample size of 105 individuals from Schleswig–Holstein, northern Germany, were analysed with regard to genetic variability within and differentiation among populations as revealed by eight allozyme loci known to be polymorphic in roe deer, eight microsatellite loci and 404 bp of the mitochondrial control region. Surprisingly, the allozymes were completely monomorphic, but microsatellite and control region variability were high. Hypotheses as to demographic reasons for the variability patterns found, including bottlenecks, founder effects and translocations, are put forward. There were no statistically significant differences between the island and the mainland populations in terms of genetic variability as measured by expected heterozygosity, inbreeding coefficient and allelic richness. The correlations of the various variability indices were not statistically significant after Bonferroni correction. Nevertheless, there was a clear tendency for differentiation indices to yield concordant results for microsatellite and mitochondrial markers.