Molecular survey of genetic diversity in the endangered European mink Mustela lutreola.
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The European mink Mustela lutreola is regarded as one of the most endangered mammals in the world. We chose to characterize microsatellite loci in order to investigate the pattern of decline of this species. We used primer pairs developed for a related species Mustela vison to genotype individual of Mustela lutreola. Out of 19 primer pairs used 8 were useful for our purpose. The conservation of primer sequence point out the problem of neutrality of some microsatellite loci as this conservation could be related to strong selection pressure on those loci. Finally we present the first data allowing an estimation of heterozygosity of French population of European mink.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Comptes rendus biologies
دوره 326 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003