INFOGRAPHIC 15.2 GENE POOLS OF NEW YORK CITY MOUSE POPULATIONS
Researchers collected tail DNA from 312 mice at 15 locations in New York City. Once they analyzed each mouse’s DNA, the researchers wanted to get a sense of how related the populations were. They assigned mice with similar genotypes particular colors and sorted all the mice by location. They found that mice within a population shared more alleles with one another than they did with mice from other populations.
Researchers collected tail DNA from 312 mice at 15 locations in New York City. Once they analyzed each mouse’s DNA, the researchers wanted to get a sense of how related the populations were. They assigned mice with similar genotypes particular colors and sorted all the mice by location. They found that mice within a population shared more alleles with one another than they did with mice from other populations.
SOURCE: Munshi-South, J., and Kharchenko, K. (2010) Rapid, pervasive genetic differentiation of urban white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City. Molecular Ecology 19:4242–4254.