Table 2 Genetic variability observed within the potential refuge as well as in northern populations of A. flavicollis

From: So close and so different: comparative phylogeography of two small mammal species, the Yellow-necked fieldmouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and the Woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in the Western Palearctic region

 

Sample size

Number of haplotypes

Genetic divergence within each clade (% K2P distance)

Nucleotide diversity (π)

SD

Haplotype diversity (h)

SD

A. flavicollis

 Italy+Balkans

49

43

1.20

0.0150

0.00110

0.988

0.007

 Iberian peninsula+southern France

15

7

0.50

0.0054

0.00110

0.986

0.096

 Western+Central+Northern Europe

27

25

0.78

0.0075

0.00111

0.992

0.026

 Ukraine+Russia

7

6

1.11

0.0092

0.00140

0.952

0.096

A. sylvaticus

 Italy+Balkans

       

 (=subclade 1a, in Michaux et al, 2003)

26

25

1.22

0.0064

0.00080

0.968

0.022

 Iberian peninsula+southern France

       

 (=Subclade 2b1)

27

23

1.41

0.0087

0.00070

0.981

0.023

 Western+Central+Northern Europe

       

 (=Subclade 2b2)

26

20

1.09

0.0052

0.00100

0.965

0.028

  1. Samples were pooled according to their geographic origin (Table 1). For comparison, the data obtained in A. sylvaticus (Michaux et al, 2003) are also given.
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