Intraspecific mitochondrial DNA variation in North American cervids

Journal of Mammalogy
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Intraspecific variation in mitochondrial DNA of North American cervids was assessed with restriction enzymes to determine relationships among populations and subspecies. No variation was detected in moose (Alces alces) and little in elk (Cervus elaphus). Caribou (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) possessed considerable variation. Characteristic genotypes exist in caribou and white-tailed deer from different geographic areas although subspecies are not discernable as distinct mtDNA assemblages. Except for O. hemionus, intraspecific mtDNA sequence divergences are small (<2%). Subspecies of mule deer have divergent mtDNA (7%) and are the only subspecies of cervids with distinct genotypes.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Intraspecific mitochondrial DNA variation in North American cervids
Series title Journal of Mammalogy
DOI 10.2307/1381867
Volume 73
Year Published 1992
Language English
Publisher Oxford Academic
Contributing office(s) Alaska Biological Science Center
Description 13 p.
First page 70
Last page 82
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