Article
Widespread introgression of mountain hare genes into Fennoscandian brown hare populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Levänen Riikka, Thulin Carl-Gustaf, Spong Göran, Pohjoismäki Jaakko L O
Abstract excerpt
In Fennoscandia, mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and brown hare (Lepus europaeus) hybridize and produce fertile offspring, resulting in gene flow across the species barrier. Analyses of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) show that introgression occur frequently, but unavailability of appropriate nuclear DNA markers has made it difficult to evaluate the scale- and significance for the species. The extent...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Nucleus
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Finland
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Hares
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Models, Genetic