GENETIC DIVERSITY WITHIN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WOODRAT (NEOTOMA MICROPUS) IN SOUTHERN TEXAS.

ABSTRACT: Genetic diversity within a population of the southern plains woodrat was examined using DNA sequences (967 base pairs [bp]) obtained from the control or d-loop region of the mitochondrial genome. One hundred fourteen individuals from 10 collection sites were assigned to 42 haplotypes. Haplotype diversity values were moderate to high (0.974 overall and ranged from 0.524 to 0.964 across collecting sites), whereas nucleotide diversity values were low (0.008 overall and ranged from 0.001 to 0.010 across sites), indicating that this population possesses a high number of closely related haplotypes. Seventy-nine percent of the genetic variability was partitioned within groups that corresponded to the collecting sites. In addition, 13 samples from Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico were included as ref

SUBMITTER: Mendez-Harclerode FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2771864 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature