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Article: MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG WILD TURKEY (MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO) SUBSPECIES.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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Allen L. Szalanski [1,3]
Kevin E. Church [2]
David W. Oates [2]
Richard Bischof [2]
Thomas O. Powers [1]
ABSTRACT
Genetic variation within and among wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, subspecies was measured using DNA sequencing and PCR-RFLP analysis of a 655 bp portion of the mtDNA D-loop region. DNA sequencing from 25 individual Eastern, Merriam, Rio Grande and domestic Turkeys revealed 16 polymorphic sites. Parsimony and neighbor-joining analysis did not show support for the four wild Turkey subspecies studied. PCR-RFLP analysis of 118 individuals revealed 13 distinct haplotypes. Haplotype variation was detected ...