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Biochemical Polymorphisms and Genetic Relationships in Rodents of the Genera Oryzomys and Oligoryzomys (Sigmodontinae) from Brazil

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An electrophoretic analysis of 12 allozyme systems (14 loci, 40 alleles) was performed in the rodent genera Oryzomys and Oligoryzomys, in order to determine the levels of genetic variability within and among populations and species. One hundred and fifty-five individuals from 16 populations of Oryzomys russatus, Or. angouya, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Ol. nigripes species were trapped in nine Brazilian localities. Genetic divergence among populations, as well as the interpopulational gene diversity, was higher in Oryzomys than in Oligoryzomys. The dendrogram of the phenetic relationships among the 16 populations of these four species displays three clusters: the first one joins the Ol. flavescens populations with those of Ol. nigripes; the second groups the populations of Or. russatus, and the last assembles the populations of Or. angouya. The genetic parameters analyzed reveal that the species belonging to the genus Oryzomys are genetically more structured than those of Oligoryzomys, the latter presenting lower levels of intrademe genetic differentiation (G ST′).

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Marcos Vinícius Perini, Tania A. Weimer & Sidia M. Callegari-Jacques

  2. Centro de Ciências Agro-Ambientais e de Alimentos, Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina, Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

    Marcos Vinícius Perini

  3. Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Curso de Pós-Graduação em Diagnóstico Genético-Molecular, Rua Miguel Tostes, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Tania A. Weimer

  4. Departamento de Estatística, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Sidia M. Callegari-Jacques

  5. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Margarete S. Mattevi

  6. Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Curso de Pós-Graduação em Diagnóstico Genético-Molecular, Rua Miguel Tostes, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Margarete S. Mattevi

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Perini, M.V., Weimer, T.A., Callegari-Jacques, S.M. et al. Biochemical Polymorphisms and Genetic Relationships in Rodents of the Genera Oryzomys and Oligoryzomys (Sigmodontinae) from Brazil. Biochem Genet 42, 317–329 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIGI.0000039807.50393.30

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