Selection on the mitochondrial ATP synthase 6 and the NADH dehydrogenase 2 genes in hares (Lepus capensis L., 1758) from a steep ecological gradient in North Africa.

Relative variable importance values (RVI) of precipitation and latitude were not much above 0.5, indicating no clear effects on the presence of ATP6 protein A or B (Table 4 ). The logistic glm runs and the associated model averaging statistics for the ND2 proteins A and B indicated a highly significant positve effect of “mintemp” (mean minimum temperature of the coldest month of the year) on the occurrence of the ancestral ND2 protein A and conversely a negative effect on the occurrence of the derived ND2 protein B, independent of geographical location, annual precipitation, and the ATP6 protein co-occurring in the same mtDNA.

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