Search results for "mikrosatelliitit"
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Intensive Management and Natural Genetic Variation in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
2017
The current magnitude of big-game hunting has outpaced the natural growth of populations, making artificial breeding necessary to rapidly boost hunted populations. In this study, we evaluated if the rapid increase of red deer (Cervus elaphus) abundance, caused by the growing popularity of big-game hunting, has impacted the natural genetic diversity of the species. We compared several genetic diversity metrics between 37 fenced populations subject to intensive management and 21 wild free-ranging populations. We also included a historically protected population from a national park as a baseline for comparisons. Contrary to expectations, our results showed no significant differences in geneti…
The extent and causes of interspecific reproductive interactions in damselflies
2015
The role of agroecosystems for invasion of a generalist herbivore
2014
The role of parental effect and relatedness on early development of vendace and whitefish in short and long winter
2015
Tutkimuksessa testattiin ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutuksia muikun (Coregonus albula) ja siian (C. lavaretus) alkioiden kuolevuuteen, alkioiden kasvuun, kuoriutumisaikaan ja kuoriutumiskokoon. Koejärjestely toteutettiin sekä muikulla että siialla yksilöllisinä ristiinhedelmöityksinä tavoitteena selvittää naaraan ja koiraan vaikutusta sekä niiden yhdysvaikutusta mitattaviin muuttujiin. Sen lisäksi muikun emokalojen sukulaisuutta tutkittiin mikrosatelliittien avulla, jotta nähtäisiin voiko sisäsiitosdepressio selittää eroja jälkeläisten kuolevuudessa eri emoparien välillä. Munia haudottiin lyhyen talven sekä pitkän talven lämpöoloissa. Siian alkioiden kuolleisuus oli huomattavasti alhaisempaa kuin…
The maintenance of sexually antagonistic variation in reproductive success by negative frequency-dependence in the bank vole (Myodes glareolus)
2011
Natural selection theory predicts low variance in traits closely related to reproductive success, since the most fit trait value should replace all the others. However, a considerable amount of variation is found in life-history traits throughout the animal kingdom. The most widely accepted mechanism maintaining this variation is a balance between mutation and selection; however, observed variance is higher than predicted by mutation – selection balance alone and thus additional processes must be involved. One possible mechanism which has only recently started to gain attention is intralocus sexual conflict, where the optima of fitness related traits are sex dependent. This leads to sexuall…