Open AccessGenetic differentiation among some populations of the House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, from southwestern Norway
Author(s) -
BJORDAL H.,
COLE S. R.,
PARKIN D. T.
Publication year - 1986
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.1601-5223.1986.tb00648.x
Subject(s) - passer , sparrow , biology , zoology , isoelectric focusing , norwegian , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , enzyme
Eleven samples of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) were taken from the area around Bergen, and analysed by starch gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focussing. Eleven loci were found to be polymorphic. Samples taken from larger populations were found to be more similar than those from smaller populations. Genetic distance analysis suggests that the Norwegian populations have been isolated from southwestern Europe for about 10,000 years.