Mitochondrial DNA variation in the European otter (Lutra lutra) and the use of spatial autocorrelation analysis in conservation
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The genetic population structure around a source population of the otter in eastern Germany was examined, based on a survey of genetic variation levels in the Central European otter population. A low level of genetic variation was found with just five haplotypes present and nucleotide diversities ranging from 0.00% to 0.17%. One haplotype was the most abundant, from where other types could be derived by a single point mutation.
Publication Name: The Journal of Heredity
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0022-1503
Year: 2000
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Eurasian otters, Lutra lutra, have a dominant mtDNA haplotype from the Iberian Peninsula to Scandinavia
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The study has sequenced 361 bp of the mt DNA control region in 73 individuals from eight countries. A single dominant haplotype in 91.78% of the samples, and six more haplotypes deviating a maximum of two mutations from the dominant haplotype restricted to a single country.
Publication Name: The Journal of Heredity
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0022-1503
Year: 2004
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