A multilocus assay reveals high nucleotide diversity and limited differentiation among Scandinavian willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus)

Abstract

Conclusion: We found unusually high levels of nucleotide diversity in the Scandinavian willow grouse as well as very little population structure among localities with up to 1647 km distance. There are also low levels of linkage disequilibrium within the genes and the population recombination rate is high, which is indicative of an old panmictic population, where recombination has had time to break up any haplotype blocks. The non-synonymous nucleotide diversity is low compared with the silent, which is in agreement with effective purifying selection, possibly due to the large effective population size.

Published in

BMC Genetics
2008, volume: 9, article number: 89
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

SLU Authors

• Berlin Kolm, Sofia

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Uppsala University

UKÄ Subject classification

Medical Bioscience

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-9-89

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/44353