著者

Masahiro Yamada Eiji Hosoi Hidetoshi B. Tamate Junco Nagata Shirow Tatsuzawa Hiroyuki Tado Shinobu Ozawa

出版者

THE MAMMAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

雑誌

Mammal Study (ISSN:13434152)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.31, no.1, pp.23-28, 2006 (Released:2006-07-08)

参考文献数

17

被引用文献数

22

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Nucleotide sequences of sika deer (Cervus nippon) collected from the eastern part of Shikoku Island were investigated & compared with those from other areas. Nucleotide sequence of the whole D-loop region of the mitochondrial DNA was determined by direct sequencing technique for each sample. The phylogenetic tree constructed by the sequences indicates that sika deer from Shikoku Island are divided into two distinct lineages: the northern Japan group and the southern Japan group. Proportion of the northern Japan lineage was higher in the northeastern part of the sampling area. There was no border between the distribution of the two lineages, rather it seemed that their distribution intermingled. Besides, there were locations where both lineages were found within a small area. These results indicate that two lineages might be hybridized in some areas of eastern Shikoku.