M. A. Cronin
1992
<p class="chapter-para">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 (<i>Alces alces</i>) and little in elk (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>). Caribou (<i>Rangifer tarandus</i>), white-tailed deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i>), and mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) 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<span> </span><i>O. hemionus</i>, 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.</p>
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Intraspecific mitochondrial DNA variation in North American cervids
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