Mitochondrial DNA variation in populations of Peromyscus eremicus from the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts /

1993). Digestions using 5 restriction enzymes resulted in

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walpole, Deric King, 1971-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Summary:1993). Digestions using 5 restriction enzymes resulted in
Chihuahuan Deserts.
climatic fluctuations are implicated as the primary isolating
Desert and 3 from the Sonoran Desert) were analyzed for
eremicus) from the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts. In this
for discriminating among species of Peromyscus (Hogan et al.,
from the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts constitute distinct
haplotypes and nucleotide diversity indicate that P. eremicus
mechanism between the cactus mice from the Sonoran and
Morphologic and allozymic analyses provide evidence to
portion of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) known to be useful
sets of populations. The pattern of mtDNA divergence
species. Pliocene or late Pleistocene pluvial-interpluvial
study, cactus mice from 9 localities (6 from the Chihuahuan
suggest a lack of continuity between cactus mice (Peromyscus
suggests a lack of gene flow between the two races and
supports the hypothesis that these groups represent distinct
the recognition of 5 mtDNA haplotypes. The distribution of
variation in restriction-fragment-length polymorphisms of a
Item Description:"Major subject: Genetics".
Vita.
Physical Description:viii, 28 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.