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The mtDNA Control Region Variability of Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Rodentia, Arvicolini) from Two Invasive Populations of the Russian Far East

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The mtDNA control region variability of Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Rodentia, Arvicolini) from two invasive populations of the Russian Far East was studied. The results demonstrated a lower genetic diversity in the East European vole population from Sovetskaya Gavan than in the population from the city of Khabarovsk. Wright’s F statistic did not reveal any heterogeneity in the samples from these populations. It was suggested that the discovered haplotypes belong to the EU subclade of the European lineage.

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This work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the laboratory of evolutionary zoology and genetics of the Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 0207-2021-0007, “Evolutionary Aspects of the Formation of Terrestrial Biota in the East of Asia.”

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Sheremetyeva, I.N., Kartavtseva, I.V., Emelyanova, A.A. et al. The mtDNA Control Region Variability of Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Rodentia, Arvicolini) from Two Invasive Populations of the Russian Far East. Russ J Genet 57, 1263–1270 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795421110132

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