Status of Reintroduced American Marten in the Manistee National Forest Within Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula
We conducted a pilot study investigating the genetic structure of American marten (Martes americana) populations in Ward Hills and Caberfae in the Manistee National Forest. Using live traps, we captured 5 females and 6 males and drew blood samples for genetic analysis. Hair snares were also deployed...
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ftgvstateuniv:oai:scholarworks.gvsu.edu:ssd-1368 2023-05-15T13:21:49+02:00 Status of Reintroduced American Marten in the Manistee National Forest Within Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula Watkins, Julie 2012-04-11T16:00:00Z https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/ssd/2012/posters/20 unknown ScholarWorks@GVSU https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/ssd/2012/posters/20 Student Scholars Day Environment Life Science text 2012 ftgvstateuniv 2022-12-09T09:09:53Z We conducted a pilot study investigating the genetic structure of American marten (Martes americana) populations in Ward Hills and Caberfae in the Manistee National Forest. Using live traps, we captured 5 females and 6 males and drew blood samples for genetic analysis. Hair snares were also deployed in Caberfae resulting in samples from 17 red squirrels, 10 rodent and 8 possible marten. We extracted DNA from blood samples and amplified 5 microsatellite loci using the polymerase chain reaction. Using the program KINSHIP, we determined whether pairs of individuals were more likely to be parent-offspring, siblings or unrelated. We found 3 in Caberfae and 2 in Ward Hills who were likely to be parents and offspring, and 5 in Ward Hills that were more likely to be full-siblings. We calculated FST and found it was 0.14 with a p-value of 0.05, indicating that there was moderate genetic differentiation between the sites which suggests restricted dispersal and some loss of genetic diversity. Text American marten Martes americana Grand Valley State University: Scholar Works @ GVSU |
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We conducted a pilot study investigating the genetic structure of American marten (Martes americana) populations in Ward Hills and Caberfae in the Manistee National Forest. Using live traps, we captured 5 females and 6 males and drew blood samples for genetic analysis. Hair snares were also deployed in Caberfae resulting in samples from 17 red squirrels, 10 rodent and 8 possible marten. We extracted DNA from blood samples and amplified 5 microsatellite loci using the polymerase chain reaction. Using the program KINSHIP, we determined whether pairs of individuals were more likely to be parent-offspring, siblings or unrelated. We found 3 in Caberfae and 2 in Ward Hills who were likely to be parents and offspring, and 5 in Ward Hills that were more likely to be full-siblings. We calculated FST and found it was 0.14 with a p-value of 0.05, indicating that there was moderate genetic differentiation between the sites which suggests restricted dispersal and some loss of genetic diversity. |
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Status of Reintroduced American Marten in the Manistee National Forest Within Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula |
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Status of Reintroduced American Marten in the Manistee National Forest Within Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula |
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