Extensive protein and microsatellite variability in an isolated, cyclic ungulate population.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1995.47

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Extensive protein and microsatellite variability in an isolated, cyclic ungulate population.

Heredity - 1 Mar 1995

Bancroft D R, Pemberton J M, King P

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We investigated polymorphism at protein and microsatellite DNA loci in an isolated, unmanaged and cyclic population of Soay sheep on the island of Hirta, St. Kilda. Extensive molecular variation was revealed at both protein loci (mean heterozygosity 7.78 per cent) and microsatellite loci (mean he...

Topics

Animals
DNA, Satellite
Female
Genetic Variation
Male
Proteins
Sheep

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