1Programa de Ganadería IREGEP, Colegio de Postgraduados
2Centro de Biotecnología Genómica IPN-Tamaulipas
3Colegio de Postgraduados Campus San Luis Potosí
4Depto. Biología de la Reproducción, CBS, UAMI
5Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas Universidad Veracruzana
6Laboratorio GenóMA, Mexico
*Programa de Ganadería, Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Colegio de Postgraduados. Km. 32.5 de la carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo, Mpio. Texcoco Edo. de México. Tel. (55) 5804 5900 Ext. 1705; E-mail: jajt01@prodigy.net.mx.
A study was conducted to evaluate genetic diversity in six Mexican gray wolf populations based on six microsatellite loci. Allelic frequencies, heterozygosity and genetic distances were determined with a pairwise analysis of the genetic distance means to demonstrate that the six wolf populations are genetically very close (0.17–0.41), with marked grouping between populations. Notable differences were observed between allelic frequency profiles for the six microsatellites in the six studied Mexican gray wolf populations. Further studies using Mexican gray wolf populations and other related canid populations are recommended.
Microsatellite, DNA, polymorphism, genetic diversity, Mexican gray wolf
