1 Comments on the manuscript (version 4-4-08) by Pedall, Gonzalez, Sauer-Gürth & Wink) “Genetic

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analysis of captive Lesser White-fronted Geese (Anser erythropus) in Germany”. Reply from Wink to Ruokonen (dated 3.4.08) has been taken into consideration. Mitochondrial DNA In the Table below are the mtDNA haplotype frequencies from the Table 3 in Pedall et al. reorganized by the species and populations. Strikingly, the captive and wild populations of the lesser white-fronted goose Anser erythropus do not have a single mtDNA haplotype in common. In the captive population haplotypes LWFG1-4 and LWFG6-14 are found, whereas in the wild population haplotypes LWFG5 and LWFG15-21 are present. This is a very strange finding and the explanation is not obvious. Even if the sample size for the wild lesser white-fronted goose population is small, it is typical that common haplotypes are sampled with a greater probability than the rare ones, and the same fact applies to the captive populations as well. The probability that the Table. Haplotype frequencies from Pedall et al. (version 4-4-08) Table 3 listed according to species and populations (as shown in Fig. 3 and in the text in Pedall et al.). greater white-fronted goose lesser white-fronted goose bean goose greylag goose