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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Population genetic analyses of the Baird's pocket gopher, Geomys breviceps
  name:
    name part: Welborn, Sarah.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Light, Jessica E.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Voelker, Gary
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a solitary, fossorial rodent found throughout areas of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Research focusing on the population genetics of pocket gophers and other species with limited vagility and isolated populations is lacking. Through the use of mitochondrial and microsatellite data, a series of population genetic analyses were completed to better understand the population structure and gene flow among a series of G. breviceps localities. Pocket gophers were captured from five localities in the Brazos Valley and used in this study. Due to the lack of microsatellite loci available for G. breviceps, 10 loci were created for use in this study. Overall estimates from the population genetic analyses showed high levels of gene flow amongst nearby localities with decreasing levels as distance between localities increased. Findings suggest that 2-3 localities located within 2 km of each other function as one genetic cluster thus showing 3-4 total genetic clusters total in this study. Results also suggest that the Baird⁰́₉s pocket gopher is capable of moving at least 2 km, but further analyses should be completed to better understand dispersal distance.
  note: "Major Subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences"
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master of Science Texas A&M University 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11738
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Pocket gophers
  subject:
    topic: Geomyidae
  subject:
    topic: Microsatellites
  subject:
    topic: Geomys breviceps
  subject:
    topic: Population genetics
  subject:
    topic: Rodentia
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11738
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 121121
    record change date: 20150922145310.0
    record identifier: in00002785432