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Gene-Geographic Variation and Genetic Differentiation in Red-Backed Voles of the Genus Clethrionomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Region of the Sea of Okhotsk

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Thirteen enzyme systems and three nonenzyme proteins were electrophoretically analyzed in red-backed voles of the genus Clethrionomys. In total, 25 loci were interpreted. Gene-geographic variation was studied and indices of genetic variability and differentiation were determined. By the distribution of electrophoretic variants of hemoglobin, C. rutilus was shown to be divided into two geographical groups (northern and southern). A low level of genetic differentiation was revealed in the island isolates of C. rutilus and C. rufocanus. Separation of C. rufocanus, C. rex, and C. sicotanensisinto a superspecies complex was confirmed. A study of differential G- and C-banding on C. rutilus andC. rufocanus chromosomes did not reveal intraspecific variation of autosomes. In these species, karyotypes of voles from Kamchatka Peninsula were studied for the first time. They appeared to be morphologically similar to the karyotypes continental voles by both autosomes and sex chromosomes.

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  1. Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    L. V. Frisman, I. V. Kartavtseva, M. V. Pavlenko & V. A. Kostenko

  2. Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    H. Suzuki & M. Iwasa

  3. Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Higashiyama, Koshunai Bibai, Hokkaido, 079-01, Japan

    K. Nakata

  4. Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, 685000, Russia

    F. B. Chernyavskii

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Frisman, L.V., Kartavtseva, I.V., Pavlenko, M.V. et al. Gene-Geographic Variation and Genetic Differentiation in Red-Backed Voles of the Genus Clethrionomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Region of the Sea of Okhotsk. Russian Journal of Genetics 38, 538–547 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015595315205

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