A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Science of the University of
the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for
the Degree of Master of Science. / Impala are an ancient and successful specdes whose biogeography differs
from other bovids. A detailed electrophoretic investigation of genetic
variability within and between subpopulations found six polymorphic loci,
CK-C"', GPl"', MPr\ PEP-Jr, PGM-2'" and PROT-2'" in a sample of 464 impala
collected from 10 localities in southern Africa. Average gene diversity
was 0,047. Between-population gene diversity was normal for bovid
species. Allele frequency differences and genetic distances revealed low
levels of subdivision into three broad regions. Wright's FST (0,035)
revealed a significant yet low level of population subdivision. The distributions
of single-locus heterozygosities and allele frequencies were
significantly different to those predicted during mutation-drift equi
librium, indicating that non-equilibrium conditions may prevail and that
the population may be recovering from a recent bottleneck. / AC 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/24388 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | Fleming, Gavin John |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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