Genetic polymorphisms in fishers (Martes pennanti)

Authors
Williams, RN Page, LK Serfass, TL Rhodes, OE
Citation
Rn. Williams et al., Genetic polymorphisms in fishers (Martes pennanti), AM MIDL NAT, 141(2), 1999, pp. 406-410
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00030031 → ACNP
Volume
141
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
406 - 410
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-0031(199904)141:2<406:GPIF(P>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Genetic polymorphisms were investigated in fishers (Martes pennanti) using horizontal starch gel electrophoresis of allozymes. During the 1996-1997 fi sher trapping season muscle and liver samples were collected from animals i n New Hampshire, New York, Wisconsin, and West Virginia, whereas blood samp les were collected from New Hampshire and New York animals only. A total of 30 gene loci were resolved from muscle, liver and blood samples. For the e ntire pooled sample, the mean multilocus heterozygosity (direct count) was 0.047 and the percentages of loci polymorphic (0.95 criterion and 0.99 crit erion) were 20.8 and 45.8, respectively.