Table 2 Numbers and percentages of MC1R genotypes in philopatric and immigrant male and female barn owls breeding in western Switzerland between 1998 and 2012

From: Female-biased dispersal and non-random gene flow of MC1R variants do not result in a migration load in barn owls

 

II

VI

VV

Total

Males

Philopatric

4 (3.3%)

31 (25.4%)

87 (71.3%)

122

Immigrant

7 (3.6%)

54 (27.8%)

133 (68.6%)

194

Females

Philopatric

5 (5.2%)

21 (21.9%)

70 (72.9%)

96

Immigrant

5 (1.5%)

101 (29.4%)

237 (69.1%)

343

  1. II: homozygotes for the rufous allele, VI: heterozygotes, VV: homozygotes for the white allele
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