Journal article
Armadillos exhibit less genetic polymorphism in North America than in South America: nuclear and mitochondrial data confirm a founder effect in Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra)
Abstract
Heterozygosity at eight nuclear enzymatic loci and mitochondrial DNA control region (D-loop) sequence polymorphism was compared between North and South American nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus: Xenarthra, Dasypodidae). All markers revealed a striking genetic homogeneity amongst Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi individuals, vs. the usual level of polymorphism for the French Guiana population. This may reflect a founder effect …
Authors
Huchon D; Delsuc F; Catzeflis FM; Douzery EJP
Journal
Molecular Ecology, Vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 1743–1748
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
10 1999
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00768.x
ISSN
0962-1083