Article
Introgression through rare hybridization: A genetic study of a hybrid zone between red and sika deer (genus Cervus) in Argyll, Scotland.
Genetics - 1 May 1999
Goodman S J, Barton N H, Swanson G, Abernethy K, Pemberton J M
Abstract excerpt
In this article we describe the structure of a hybrid zone in Argyll, Scotland, between native red deer (Cervus elaphus) and introduced Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), on the basis of a genetic analysis using 11 microsatellite markers and mitochondrial DNA. In contrast to the findings of a previous study of the same population, we conclude that the deer fall into two distinct genetic classes, corresponding to...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Deer
- Heterozygote
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Models, Statistical
- Scotland