Article
Mitochondrial CR-1 variation in Sardinian hares and its relationships with other Old World hares (Genus Lepus).
Biochemical genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Scandura Massimo, Iacolina Laura, Ben Slimen Hichem, Suchentrunk Franz, Apollonio Marco
Abstract excerpt
Among the European fauna, the Sardinian hare (Lepus sp.) is peculiar in that it differs from all other hares inhabiting the continent. Here, we report on the variation of a 461 bp sequence of hypervariable domain 1 of the mitochondrial control region, examined in 42 hares collected throughout Sardinia and compared to the corresponding sequences of different Lepus taxa. Seventeen novel haplotypes were found in the...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Hares
- Italy
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
