Declaration Dr. Thomas H. Pringle - Buffalo Field Campaign

Tables:
Table 3-1. Distribution and frequency of haplotype 6 among the GYA bison populations
sampled over two consecutive breeding seasons, 2005 and 2006, and the total number of
samples analyzed from each population per season.
N Haplotype 6
Park Breeding Group 2005 2006 Total 2005 2006
YNP Hayden 59 35 94 0.898 1.000
Lamar – 41 41 – 0.463
Mirror Plateau – 16 16 – 0.625
Total: 59 92 151 0.898 0.696
GTNP Antelope Flats – 20 50 – 1.000
Wolf Creek Road – 8 8 – 1.000
Total: 0 28 58 – 1.000
Table 3-2. FST values based on haplotype frequencies among GYA bison populations.
LV HV-05 HV-06 MP YNP
Lamar Valley (LV) –
Hayden Valley (HV-05) 0.218** –
Hayden Valley (HV-06) 0.367** 0.054* –
Mirror Plateau (MP) 0.026 0.103** 0.231** – –
GTNP 0.367** 0.054* 0.000 0.231** 0.191**
*p = < 0.05, ** p = < 0.001
45