Morphogenetic analysis of populations of Helix pomatia L. (Pulmonata, Helicidae) on the south-eastern and eastern part of the current area
Background. This article is about evolutionary processes in populations of small mobile species in the urbanized landscape. The evolutionary processes of a small mobile species in the urbanized landscape are considered in this article. Materials and methods. The morphological and genetic variety of the Helix pomatia L. populations was studied by the morphometric method and the polyacrylamyd gel electrophoresis method. Samples were collected from twelve landscape urbanized populations from south-eastern and eastern part of the current Helix pomatia L. area. Results. According to the data, the majority of the study populations of this mollusk have the satisfactory condition. The most populations are characterized as high level of heterozygosity, the low inbreeding and the large effective size values of the population testify to this. The structure of the gene pools in the populations snails in the study area is determined by the origin of these populations, the genetic-automatic processes and the microclimatic conditions of the urban environment.