Abstract
Allozymic variation in proteins encoded by 35 loci was analyzed electrophoretically in specimens from seven localities, involving five populations of Acomys cahirinus, 2n=38; two populations of A. cahirinus, 2n=36; and three populations of A. russatus, 2n=66, each population of the latter being sympatric with A. cahirinus. The seven localities represent a general southward transect of increasing aridity from N Israel to S Sinai. The geographical patterns and climatic correlates and predictors of genic variation in Acomys in Israel and Sinai support the environmental theory of genetic variation; the genetic distances found support a speciation theory that allows for species formation with relatively minor genic change in structural genes.-from Author
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 131-136 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Acta Zoologica Fennica |
| Volume | 170 |
| State | Published - 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences