Genic variation in the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, in a small geographic area
Abstract
Genic variation was examined with starch and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at 14 loci in 12 populations of Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterrae from a small part of the Appalachians in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Polymorphism was observed at eight loci with no significant correlations between frequency of common genotypes or alleles and altitude. Average individual heterozygosity (\-H) values were low for P. maniculatus whether using only 'slow' evolving loci (mean = 3.0%) or both 'slow' and 'fast' evolving loci (mean = 4.9%). No significant correlation was present between altitude and \-H. Interlocality variation of \-H was as great in this study as previously reported for P. maniculatus over larger geographic areas. Rogers' coefficients of genetic similarity of paired combinations of populations based on 'slow' evolving loci (range of 0.941 to 0.997) or based on 'slow' and 'fast' evolving loci (range of 0.858 to 0.974) showed all populations to be highly similar. Ranges of similarity values observed in the present study were as great as those previously reported for P. maniculatus over a larger geographic area. © 1981 Dr W. Junk Publishers.
Publication Title
Genetica
Recommended Citation
Price, P., & Kennedy, M. (1981). Genic variation in the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, in a small geographic area. Genetica, 57 (1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057543
