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. 1987 Feb;25(1-2):95-110.
doi: 10.1007/BF00498954.

Genetic variability in mitochondrial DNA in a regional population of the great tit (Parus major)

Genetic variability in mitochondrial DNA in a regional population of the great tit (Parus major)

H Tegelström. Biochem Genet. 1987 Feb.

Abstract

Genetic variation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in 18 great tits (Parus major) from three neighboring localities in Sweden was investigated with eight tetranucleotide restriction endonucleases. The 18 individuals could be separated into 13 different maternal lineages. The high number of female lineages present in this regional population contrasts with a low level of sequence divergence between the different mtDNA clones, with a mean of 0.19% sequence divergence between all individuals. There was no obvious spatial structuring of mtDNA clones among the three localities. The presence of a high number of different clones with a low degree of sequence divergence could be explained by the effects of a large long-term effective population size, with the mtDNA clones having diverged about 25,000-200,000 years ago.

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