| mitochondrial dna polymorphism in three antillean island populations of the fruit bat, artibeus jamaicensis. | the neotropical fruit bat, artibeus jamaicensis, occurs throughout latin america and on many islands in the caribbean. populations from jamaica (in the greater antilles) to barbados (in the lesser antilles) have been classified as a subspecies (a.j. jamaicensis) separate from that on the lesser antillean island of st. vincent (a.j. schwartzi). mitochondrial dna (mtdna) was isolated from 54 individuals collected on these islands, analyzed by digestion with restriction endonucleases, and the restr ... | 1988 | 2833678 |