Genetic and Morphologic Comparisons of Red Brocket, Brown Brocket, and White-Tailed Deer

Biochemical variation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.): are r-strategists among deer genetically less variable than K-strategists?

“…Various multilocus investigations have been carried out within the past decade to evaluate the amount of genetic diversity within and among populations of white-tailed deer (Manlove et a!., 1976;Ramsey et a!., 1979;Baccus et a!., 1983;Smith et al, 1984Smith et al, , 1986Sheffield et a!., 1985), fallow deer (Pemberton and Smith, 1985;Harti et a!., 1986), wild and semi-domestic reindeer (RØed, 1985a, b;, moose (Ryman et a!., 1977(Ryman et a!., , 1980 and different subspecies of red deer (Cameron and Vyse, 1978;Gyllensten et a!., 1983;Baccus et a!., 1983;Dratch and Gyllensten, 1985;Hart!, 1986). In contrast the level of genetic variability in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.), one of the most abundant species in Central Europe, is largely unknown.…”

Genetic variability in white-tailed deer

“…Island and penned deer both have low genetic variability (Price et al, 1979;Hillestad, 1984), and this observation is consistent with the hypothesis that the reduction in heterozygosity is caused by stocking and drift. Whitetails in Texas (Erickson, 1979) and Suriname (Smith et a!., 1986), both sampled from native populations, also have low Hs, which points, out the need for further sampling within the range of this widespread species. There is no evidence for population bottlenecks at these locations, although the density in Suriname is quite low (Branan, 1984) and was generally low in Texas for the first_half of this century (Sanders, 1941).…”

“…A locus was considered polymorphic if the secondary alleles occurred at a frequency of 001 in either area. Overall A was based on total number of alleles demonstrated in any population of white-tailed deer (Manlove et a!., 1975;Erickson, 1979;Manlove, 1979;Price et a!., 1979;Ramsey et a!., 1979;Hillestad, 1984Smith et a!., 1986). Because comparisons were not available between all studies, a conservative estimate of the maximum number of alleles was made based on the gel type used in the analysis and the relative position of the allelic products.…”

“…The h values also were grouped into (Manlove, 1979). Es-4106 and Pgd-164 from Texas (Erickson, 1979); Gdh-1102 from Suriname (Smith et al, 1986).…”

“…Genetic variability in white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, has been studied both temporally and spatially (Manlove eta!., 1976;Ramsey et al, 1979; Chesser et a!., 1982) and comparisons have been made with other closely related taxa (Baccus et a!., 1983;Smith et a!., 1986). These studies have not statistically compared the level of genetic variability in white-tailed deer to that of mammals or vertebrates in general.…”