Allozyme Variation and Population Substructuring in the Caucasian Ground Lizards Lacerta derjugini and Lacerta praticola

Ross D. MacCulloch, Ilya S. Darevsky, Robert W. Murphy, Jinzhong Fu

Abstract


Genetic diversity at 35 allozyme loci was surveyed in Lacerta derjugini (3 populations) and L. praticola (2 populations). Indices of variability were consistent with those found in other Caucasian Lacerta. There was little genetic substructuring between two populations of L. praticola despite considerable geographic separation. Conversely, populations of L. derjugini in close proximity to one another exhibited considerable substructuring.


Keywords


Lacerta; population genetics; protein electrophoresis; allozymes

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-2-115-119

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