ISSN:
1573-6857
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Allozymic variation in population samples of Calomys laucha, C. musculinus and C. venustus collected simultaneously from the province of Córdoba, Argentina, was analyzed by gel electrophoresis. These three species showed high levels of polymorphism: for C. laucha, the P value was 72.7% and the H value was 0.147 (19 loci); for C. musculinus, P=61.9% and H=0.149 (20 loci); for C. venustus, P=66.7% and H=0.146 (18 loci). These species are non-fossorial generalists, have a high reproductive rate and live in disturbed habitats. The similarity indices (S) range between 0.613 and 0.681. On the basis of genetic distance, D (between 0.354 and 0.476), divergence time was estimated to be from 6.3 to 8.5 million years (late Miocene). Even admitting some imprecision for this estimate, the remarkable differences at the structural gene level shown by the species analyzed, suggest they had an early origin.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00137323
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