[Genetic analysis of sympatric sable (Martes zibellina) and Marten (M. martes) populations in the northern urals].
Analysis of nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (495 bp) of sables (Martes zibellina) and martens (M. martes) from allopatric parts of the species ranges has shown a considerable interspecific genetic distance (3%). In sympatric populations of these species in the northern Urals, differences between two species-specific mtDNA lineages are still large; however, classification of each individual nucleotide sequence with one of the two lineages is not correlated with whether the given animal is phenotypically a sable, a marten, or a potential hybrid (the so-called kidas). This indicates a high degree of mutual introgression of the sable and marten mtDNAs in the northern Urals and suggests that their interspecific hybridization is common in the sympatric zone.
Rozhnov
V V
VV
Meshcherskiĭ
I G
IG
Pishchulina
S L
SL
Simakin
L V
LV
D000818:Animals; D002678:Chimera / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D008297:Male; D045969:Mustelidae / Q000235:genetics*; D012426:Russia; D013045:Species Specificity
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial