The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares
If interspecific hybrids are fertile and backcross to either parental species, transmission of mitochondrial DNA over the species barrier can occur. To investigate if such transmission has occurred between the brown hare Lepus europeus Pall and the mountain hare L. timidus L. in Scandinavia, an anal...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1997.t01-1-00199.x 2024-06-02T08:10:28+00:00 The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares Thulin, C.‐G. Jaarola, M. Tegelström, H. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1997.t01-1-00199.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-294X.1997.t01-1-00199.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.t01-1-00199.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Molecular Ecology volume 6, issue 5, page 463-467 ISSN 0962-1083 1365-294X journal-article 1997 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1997.t01-1-00199.x 2024-05-03T11:31:29Z If interspecific hybrids are fertile and backcross to either parental species, transmission of mitochondrial DNA over the species barrier can occur. To investigate if such transmission has occurred between the brown hare Lepus europeus Pall and the mountain hare L. timidus L. in Scandinavia, an analysis of genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA from 36 hares, collected from 15 localities, was performed. Sequence divergence of mtDNA between species was estimated at 8 ± 1% (SD). Intraspecific mtDNA sequence divergence varied between 0.09 and 0.38% in brown hares and 0.10 and 1.44% in mountain hares. In six out of 18 brown hares examined, two different haplotypes of mountain hare origin were detected, demonstrating a transmission of mtDNA haplotypes from mountain hares to brown hares. The results indicate that interspecific hybridization between the two species occurs in wild populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper mountain hare Wiley Online Library Molecular Ecology 6 5 463 467 |
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If interspecific hybrids are fertile and backcross to either parental species, transmission of mitochondrial DNA over the species barrier can occur. To investigate if such transmission has occurred between the brown hare Lepus europeus Pall and the mountain hare L. timidus L. in Scandinavia, an analysis of genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA from 36 hares, collected from 15 localities, was performed. Sequence divergence of mtDNA between species was estimated at 8 ± 1% (SD). Intraspecific mtDNA sequence divergence varied between 0.09 and 0.38% in brown hares and 0.10 and 1.44% in mountain hares. In six out of 18 brown hares examined, two different haplotypes of mountain hare origin were detected, demonstrating a transmission of mtDNA haplotypes from mountain hares to brown hares. The results indicate that interspecific hybridization between the two species occurs in wild populations. |
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Thulin, C.‐G. Jaarola, M. Tegelström, H. The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares |
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Thulin, C.‐G. Jaarola, M. Tegelström, H. |
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The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares |
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The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares |
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The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares |
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The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares |
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The occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial DNA in wild brown hares |
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occurrence of mountain hare mitochondrial dna in wild brown hares |
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