Blanding's Turtles
Heterozygosity plays an important role in natural population’s genetic vitiation. The comparison of observed heterozygosity between Area 1 and Area 2 turtle population helps to determine the genetic variation for same species in different environment.
Area 2 may have a lower observed heterozygosity due to habitat fragmentation, the founder effect which leads to the lack of gene flow and also natural selection that influences the genetic variability among Blanding’s turtles’ population. Blanding’s turtle is a freshwater species range centers on Great Lake region and disjunct populations occur along the Nebraska to Nova Scotia (Herman et al. 2002). Blanding’s turtles were associated with shallow water, much substrates and areas of abundant vegetation
Area 2 may have a lower observed heterozygosity due to habitat fragmentation, the founder effect which leads to the lack of gene flow and also natural selection that influences the genetic variability among Blanding’s turtles’ population. Blanding’s turtle is a freshwater species range centers on Great Lake region and disjunct populations occur along the Nebraska to Nova Scotia (Herman et al. 2002). Blanding’s turtles were associated with shallow water, much substrates and areas of abundant vegetation