Genetic changes in fluctuating vole populations: selective vs. nonselective forces.
The Lewontin-Krakauer test for selective neutrality of polymorphisms was applied to temporal variation in gene frequency at five electrophoretic loci in each of four fluctuating vole populations over a three-year period. The results indicate that changes in gene frequencies were primarily due to nonselective forces.
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D008433:Mathematics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012377:Rodentia / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors