Microsatellite Genetic Structure and Cytonuclear Discordance in Naturally Fragmented Populations of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

• Published in: The Journal of heredity Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 71 - 79
• Main Authors: Taylor, Zachary S., Hoffman, Susan M. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 2012; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Abundance; Animal populations; Animals; Cell Nucleus - genetics; Cluster Analysis; Gene Flow; Genetic Structures; Genetic Variation; Genotype; Lakes; Michigan; Microsatellite Repeats; Peromyscus - genetics; Peromyscus maniculatus; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Rodents; Michigan; Great Lakes; microsatellites; population genetics; small mammals; Rodentia; Great Lakes

The Great Lakes impose high levels of natural fragmentation on local populations of terrestrial animals in a way rarely found within continental ecosystems. Although separated by major water barriers, woodland deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis) populations on the islands and on the Upper P...