Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học Journal of Biology đề tài: Genetic variability and differentiation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L) of Central Europe | Genet Sei Evol 1991 23 281-299 Elsevier INRA 281 Original article Genetic variability and differentiation in roe deer Capreolus capreolus L of Central Europe GB Hartl1 F Reimoser1 R Willing1 J Koller2 1 Veterindrmedizinische Universitdt Wien Forschungsinstitut fur Wildtierkunde und Okologie Savoyenstrasse 1 A-1160 Vienna Austria 2 University of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Zoology and Game Biology Pater Karoly u 1 H-2103 Gõdõllõ Hungary Received 21 September 1990 accepted 3 June 1991 Summary Two hundred and thirty-nine roe deer from 13 provenances in Hungary Austria and Switzerland were examined for genetic variability and differentiation at 40 presumptive isoenzyme loci by means of horizontal starch gel electrophoresis. For completion previously published data from 160 roe deer from 7 provenances in Austria were also included in the present analysis. With a total p proportion of polymorphic loci of 30 a mean p of SD 2 and a mean H expected average heterozygosity of SD Capreolus capreolus is one of the genetically most variable deer species yet studied. Relative genetic differentiation among populations was examined. About 10 of the total genetic diversity is due to genetic diversity between demes. Absolute genetic distances are typical for local populations throughout the area except in Hungary where the D-values with all other provenances suggest an emerging subspecies. This differentiation may have been caused by the completely fenced borders between Austria and its neighbouring countries to the east. Except in Hungary the pattern of allele frequencies reflects the patchy distribution of roe deer populations and periodical bottlenecking caused by the breeding behaviour and or overhunting and recolonization rather than a large scale geographic diversification. The various aspects of genetic variability and differentiation in roe deer are discussed in comparison to a related species with a rather different strategy of adaptation the red deer. .