GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN POPULATIONS OF RED DEER, CERVUS-ELAPHUS, IN DENMARK

Authors
STRANDGAARD H SIMONSEN V
Citation
H. Strandgaard et V. Simonsen, GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN POPULATIONS OF RED DEER, CERVUS-ELAPHUS, IN DENMARK, Hereditas, 119(2), 1993, pp. 171-177
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Hereditas → ACNP
ISSN journal
00180661
Volume
119
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
171 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-0661(1993)119:2<171:GDIPOR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Samples from 282 specimens of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) representin g eleven localities, were collected during two hunting seasons, 1986-8 7 and 1987-88. Four polymorphic isozymes are investigated, and allelic distributions among the populations within an area or among areas are heterogeneous. The differentiation among the populations may be expla ined as a result of random genetic drift. A dendrogram reveals that se ven of the nine populations from the peninsula of Jutland are closely related.