Genotype Data for Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) from Bois Blanc Island, Michigan at 15 Microsatellite DNA Loci
Description
We investigated fine-scale genetic patterns of the federally threatened Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) on a relatively undisturbed island in northern Michigan, USA. This species often persists in habitat islands throughout much of its distribution due to extensive habitat loss and distance-limited
dispersal. These data are from 102 individual Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes sampled at Bois Blanc Island, Michigan and genotyped at 15 microsatellite loci. Samples were collected as part of a study to examine functional connectivity for the Eastern Massasauga. We found that the entire island population
exhibited weak genetic structuring with spatially segregated variation in effective migration and genetic diversity.
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Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HJW59U |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5fc8f3b0d34e4b9faad8a119.xml |
Tags
- environment
- biological-population-management
- microsatellite
- endangered-species
- biota
- michigan
- evolution
- bois-blanc-island
- genetic-diversity
- usgs-5fc8f3b0d34e4b9faad8a119
- lake-huron
- loci
- genotype
- genetics