We investigated genetic variability in 101 individuals of the Cagle's Map Turtle (Graptemys caglei) collected from across most of its extant distribution in the Guadalupe River and from a site on the San Marcos River of Texas. Analyses of allelic variation in microsatellite loci indicated individuals from the San Marcos River were genetically similar to conspecifics from the middle Guadalupe River. Turtles from the upper Guadalupe River, on the other hand, were genetically divergent from middle Guadalupe River individuals. Isolation by distance appears to play a major role in genetic structuring within the Guadalupe River. Anthropogenic features (e.g., dams and reservoirs), while they may be expected to restrict gene flow, appear to have had little impact on genetic structure.
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December 30 2013
Genetic Population Structure of Cagle's Map Turtle (Graptemys caglei) in the Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers of Texas—A Landscape Perspective
Rocky Ward;
Rocky Ward
1 Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 79016; E-mail: (RW) rward@wtamu.edu; and (JBB) jbabitzke@wtamu.edu. Send reprint requests to RW.
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Joel B. Babitzke;
Joel B. Babitzke
1 Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 79016; E-mail: (RW) rward@wtamu.edu; and (JBB) jbabitzke@wtamu.edu. Send reprint requests to RW.
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Flavius C. Killebrew
Flavius C. Killebrew
2 Office of the President, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5756; E-mail: Flavius.Killebrew@tamucc.edu.
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Copeia (2013) 2013 (4): 723–728.
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Rocky Ward, Joel B. Babitzke, Flavius C. Killebrew; Genetic Population Structure of Cagle's Map Turtle (Graptemys caglei) in the Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers of Texas—A Landscape Perspective. Copeia 1 December 2013; 2013 (4): 723–728. doi: https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-12-122
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