Genetic Variation in Island and Mainland Populations of Peromyscus Leucopus
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 97 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2424679
Abstract
Protein variation controlled by 28 genetic loci was analyzed in samples from 3 island and 3 mainland populations of the white-footed mouse, P. leucopus. Nine of the 28 loci have polymorphic alleles in 1 of more of the populations. Island populations were less genetically variable than mainland populations. Estimated heterozygosity (.hivin.H) had a mean value of 7.1% for island populations and 8.0% for mainland populations. The proportion of loci polymorphic (P) for island and mainland populations corresponded to 21.4 and 32.1%, respectively. Coefficients of genetic similarity (S) for paired geographical populations ranged from 0.92-0.99.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- THE GENETICAL STRUCTURE OF POPULATIONSAnnals of Eugenics, 1949