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Article: Researchers from University of Helsinki detail new studies and findings in the area of heredity.
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- Genomics & Genetics Weekly
- Article date:
- February 27, 2009
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According to a study from Helsinki, Finland, "The postglacial history of the moor frog (Rana arvalis) in Northern Europe was investigated with the aid of eight variable microsatellite loci and a 661 bp sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene."
"A division between eastern and western mitochondrial lineages was discovered, supporting two recolonization routes to Fennoscandia since the last glacial maximum. This result was corroborated by the microsatellite data, which revealed a contact zone between the two lineages in Northern Sweden," wrote T. Knopp and colleagues, University of Helsinki (see also Heredity).
The researchers concluded: "These ...