Functional genetic diversity of domestic and wild American mink (Neovison vison).

ABSTRACT: The release of domestic organisms to the wild threatens biodiversity because the introduction of domestic genes through interbreeding can negatively impact wild conspecifics via outbreeding depression. In North America, farmed American mink (Neovison vison) frequently escape captivity, yet the impact of these events on functional genetic diversity of wild mink populations is unclear. We characterized domestic and wild mink in Ontario at 17 trinucleotide microsatellites located in functional genes thought to be associated with traits affected by domestication. We found low functional genetic diversity in both mink types, as only four of 17 genes were variable, yet allele frequencies varied widely between captive and wild populations. To determine whether allele frequencies of wild po

SUBMITTER: Morris KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7691469 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature