Transferrin variation and evolution of Canadian barren-ground caribou

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Knut H. Røed, D. C. Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Rangifer; reindeer; polymorphism; transferrin; barren ground caribou; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Arctic; Svalbard; Northwest Territories; Canada; Peary; caribou; Ice Sheet; Rangifer tarandus; svalbard reindeer; Tundra; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.10.3.883; https://doaj.org/article/3298d0d6ff954f47a42ec4337f858776

Blood samples were obtained from 95 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) of the Beverly herd in Northwest Territories, Canada. Polyacrylamid gel electrophoresis was used to score for genetic variation in the locus coding for transferrin. The pattern of allele frequency distributio...