Preliminary data on genetic variation of the sable (Martes zibellina L., 1758) in the Middle Priamurie: the analysis of two microsatellite loc

The variation of microsatellite loci Ма 2 and Ма 3 was examined in 5 geographical samples of the sable Martes zibellina from the taiga zone of Smaller Khingan, Bureinsky and Sikhote-Alin ridges. It was found seven alleles in Ma-2 locus and four alleles - in Ma 3. The expected heterozygosity varies from 0.364 to 0.801 (on average - 0.620). In both loci of every geographical sample (except Ma 2 from “Kamenushka”) it is observed a correspondence to the equilibrium state according to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The level of pair-wise genetic differentiation F (ST) at two microsatellite loci varies from 0.021to 0.023. Nm = 11.11, that reflects a significant migration flow between these local communities. However, some alleles have a different distribution in the 5 geographical samples.