Regional and local patterns of genetic variation and structure in yellow-necked mice - the roles of geographic distance, population abundance, and winter severity.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study, conducted in seven large woodlands and three areas with small woodlots in northeastern Poland in 2004-2008, was to infer genetic structure in yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis population and to evaluate the roles of environmental and population ecology variables in shaping the spatial pattern of genetic variation using 768 samples genotyped at 13 microsatellite loci. Genetic variation was very high in all studied regions. The primal genetic subdivision was observed between the northern and the southern parts of the study area, which harbored two major clusters and the intermediate area of highly admixed individuals. The probability of assignment of individual mice to the northern cluster increased significantly with lower temperatures of January and Ju

SUBMITTER: Czarnomska SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145024 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature