Open AccessTransferrin variability and founder effect in Iceland reindeer, Rangifer tarandus L
Author(s) -
RØed KNUT H.,
SOLDAL AUD VOLD,
THÓRISSON SKARPHÉDINN
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1985.tb00496.x
Subject(s) - biology , founder effect , norwegian , herd , loss of heterozygosity , population , allele , transferrin , zoology , genetics , ecology , demography , gene , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , haplotype
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to analyze transferrin variability in reindeer from Iceland and Norway. Blood samples from 74 reindeer from Iceland were compared with 199 samples collected from two herds of semi‐domestic reindeer in Finnmark, Norway. Eight alleles were detected in both the Norwegian herds, namely Tf A TF C1 Tf E1 Tf G1 Tf H2 Tf l Tf K and Tf M . Only the three most frequent alleles, Tf C1 Tf E1 and Tf H2 were detected in Iceland reindeer. The heterozygosity was high in both Norwegian herds, 0.695 and 0.762. but only 0.332 in the reindeer from Iceland. Founder effects are suggested to have been active in determining the genetic structure of the Iceland reindeer population.