| effects of environmental pollution on microsatellite dna diversity in wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) populations. | ten microsatellite dna loci were surveyed to investigate the effects of heavy metal pollution on the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of seven wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) populations along a heavy metal pollution gradient away from a nonferrous smelter in the south of antwerp (flanders, belgium). analysis of soil heavy metal concentrations showed that soil ag, as, cd, cu, and pb decreased with increasing distance from the smelter. genetic analyses revealed high levels of g ... | 2005 | 16398127 |