Journal article

Publication year: 1994

Pages: 1-11

Journal: Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft

Volume number: 40

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0044-2887

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02241500

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Abstract: 
In this study 167 specimens of red deer (C. elaphus L.) from Hessia and 31 specimens from the East and West Harz were examined for genetic variability by diverse electrophoretic techniques. Three of 26 putative gene loci were found to be polymorphic. These are coding for the dimeric enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD-2) and phosphoexose isomerase (PHI-1) and the monomeric mannose phosphate isomerase (MPI-1). A rare allele at the MPI-focus was only detected in the game preserve Reinhardswald. Significant allele frequency differences between the populations of the western and eastern parts of the Harz could support the hypothesis that the former border FRG - GDR caused a reproductive separation. The proportion of polymorphic loci (7.7%) and average heterozygosity (1.7%) for the German red deer (without the eastern part of the Harz) are less than the average value of red deer. A tendency towards a low migration rate between the investigated regions is confirmed by the close genetic similarity between neighbouring populations and a relatively high genetic differentiation among German populations.

Harvard Citation style: STROHLEIN, H., HERZOG, S. and HERZOG, A. (1994) GENETIC-STUDIES ON RED DEER (CERVUS-ELAPHUS L) FROM HESSIA, LOWER SAXONY AND SAXONY-ANHALT .1. POPULATION GENETIC-PARAMETERS OF ISOENZYME GENES, Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft, 40(1), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02241500

APA Citation style: STROHLEIN, H., HERZOG, S., & HERZOG, A. (1994). GENETIC-STUDIES ON RED DEER (CERVUS-ELAPHUS L) FROM HESSIA, LOWER SAXONY AND SAXONY-ANHALT .1. POPULATION GENETIC-PARAMETERS OF ISOENZYME GENES. Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft. 40(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02241500