Table 1.
Population genetics statistics of the mitochondrial DNA control region of European water voles (Arvicola amphibius) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus). Water vole statistics were calculated based on multiple sequence alignments containing sequences of modern captive water voles, modern natural water voles, and ancient museum specimens of British water voles from the Pleistocene and Holocene periods. Bank vole statistics were calculated using multiple sequence alignments of modern natural bank voles.
| Arvicola amphibius | n | bp | Hap. No. | Hap. Div. | π | D | P Norm. | P Beta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captive (Wildwood Trust) | 17 | 706 | 12 | 0.949 | 0.004 | −2.186 | 0.029 | 0.007 |
| Natural South East and East of England | 15 | 731 | 14 | N/A | 0.007 | −2.378 | 0.017 | 0.000 |
| Natural English and Welsh | 32 | 644 | 32 | 0.982 | 0.008 | −2.164 | 0.030 | 0.011 |
| Natural Scottish | 25 | 644 | 25 | 0.945 | 0.009 | −1.857 | 0.063 | 0.041 |
| Natural British | 67 | 639 | 39 | 0.971 | 0.016 | −0.113 | 0.910 | 0.950 |
| Natural Mainland European | 20 | 639 | 19 | 0.995 | 0.024 | −0.753 | 0.452 | 0.491 |
| Ancient British | 17 | 634 | 16 | 0.993 | 0.017 | −0.176 | 0.861 | 0.898 |
| Myodes glareolus | ||||||||
| British | 24 | 940 | 17 | 0.967 | 0.006 | −1.115 | 0.265 | 0.281 |
| All | 118 | 940 | 97 | 0.996 | 0.009 | −1.775 | 0.076 | 0.050 |
Abbreviations: Number of sequences (n), trimmed alignment length in base pairs (bp), number of haplotypes (Hap. No.), haplotype diversity (Hap. Div.), nucleotide diversity (π), Tajima’s D (D), and p-value for a normal distribution (P Norm.) and beta distribution (P Beta) for Tajima’s D.