Allozymic polymorphism among 14 populations of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, from Greece.
Nineteen loci from 239 individuals of the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus (Rodentia, Muridae) were analyzed by means of thin layer electrophoresis. The mice were collected from 14 localities of Greece mainly confined to the area of NW Peloponnese, where a Robertsonian (Rb) system is observed. The individuals were chromosomally characterized by nine diploid numbers, the 2n = 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 40. The statistic elaboration revealed that all 14 populations studied were not characterized by cohesive demic structure and high inbreed levels while the gene flow among them has resulted in low levels of genetic differentiation. The resulting values for Nei's genetic distance corresponded to distances known for the level of geographical populations of M. musculus. Wagner's cladogram for the phylogenetic relations between the populations studied implied that it is the diploid number, rather than the geographical factor, that characterizes or dominates each population, which mainly influences the phylogenetic relationships.
Tryfonopoulos
Georgios
G
Laboratory of Zoology, Section of Animal Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patra, GR-26001 Patra, Greece. tryfonop@upatras.gr
Chondropoulos
Basil
B
Fraguedakis-Tsolis
Stella
S
D000818:Animals; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006115:Greece; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
D007527:Isoenzymes