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Singh VK, Joshi BD, Dalui S, Ghosh A, Jabin G, Sharief A, Kumar V, Singh H, Singh SK, Chandra K, Sharma LK, Thakur M. Genetic diversity and population structure of Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) from Western Himalaya. MAMMALIA 2023. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Himalayan tahr is a group-living animal of high-altitude Himalaya, distributed all across the subalpine range that also formed an important prey base for large carnivores in Himalaya. The species is threatened due to habitat fragmentation, illegal poaching, and anthropogenic activities. We undertook population genetic assessment of Himalayan tahr from Western Himalaya and observed comparable genetic diversity at both mitochondrial and nuclear microsatellite loci. Bayesian skyline plots showed stable demography in the past several thousand years. We identified 27 unique individuals with a select panel of seven loci and the Bayesian structure analysis inferred two genetic clusters. The present study is the first report on the population genetic make-up of Himalayan tahr and can be used for long-term genetic monitoring of the species.
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- Vinaya Kumar Singh
- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
- Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife, Amity University , Sector-125 , Noida 201303 , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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- Zoological Survey of India , New Alipore , Kolkata 700053 , West Bengal , India
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Hemami M, Khosravi R, Groves C, Ahmadi M. Morphological diversity and ecological niche divergence in goitered and sand gazelles. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:11535-11548. [PMID: 33144982 PMCID: PMC7593170 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The phylogeny and species boundaries of Gazella subgutturosa and G. marica have been long debated. The achievements of past conservation efforts have been compromised by a lack of knowledge about the phylogeny and taxonomic status of different populations. We integrated the recent genetic findings by previous studies with morphometric analyses and ecological niche modeling (ENM) to assess discreteness among populations of these gazelle species in Asia. Taxonomic diversity of gazelles was investigated by using principal components analysis (PCA) based on 14 cranial measures of male skulls. Ecological niche divergence was examined based on a PCA on climatic factors and a species distribution modeling (SDM) with environmental variables. Morphometric results indicated substantial differentiation in size between skulls of the western Zagros Mountains including west and south-western Iran and Arabian Peninsula from all other samples east of the Zagros Mountains from Iran to China. ENM also revealed that gazelles in the east and west of Zagros Mountains occupy distinct niches and that there are apparent areas of disconnection across the goitered gazelle suitable range. A complete divergent niche occupation was also observed between goitered gazelles of northern Mongolia and other populations of the species, except those in China. Taking the inferences from ENM and morphology together with previous genetics results, we conclude that gazelles in the west and south-west of Iran may represent G. marica. Also, our combined analyses revealed divergence among gazelles of Iran, Central Asia, and Mongolia/China. These results may pave the way for future studies and have conservation implications particularly for reintroduction/supplementation programs.
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- Mahmoud‐Reza Hemami
- Department of Natural ResourcesIsfahan University of TechnologyIsfahan8415683111Iran
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of AgricultureShiraz UniversityShiraz7144165186Iran
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- School of Archaeology and AnthropologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACTAustralia
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- Department of Natural ResourcesIsfahan University of TechnologyIsfahan8415683111Iran
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Fadakar D, Bärmann EV, Lerp H, Mirzakhah M, Naseri Nasari M, Rezaei HR. Diversification and subspecies patterning of the goitered gazelle ( Gazella subgutturosa) in Iran. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:5877-5891. [PMID: 32607197 PMCID: PMC7319147 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Goitered gazelles, Gazella subgutturosa, exist in arid and semiarid regions of Asia from the Middle to the Far East. Although large populations were present over a vast area until recently, a decline of the population as a result of hunting, poaching, and habitat loss led to the IUCN classification of G. subgutturosa as "vulnerable." We examined genetic diversity, structure, and phylogeny of G. subgutturosa using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences from 18 geographically distant populations in Iran. The median-joining network of cyt b haplotypes indicated that three clades of goitered gazelles can be distinguished: a Middle Eastern clade west of the Zagros Mountains (and connected to populations in Turkey and Iraq), a Central Iranian clade (with connection to Azerbaijan), and an Asiatic clade in northeastern Iran (with connection to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and other Asian countries as far as northeastern China and Mongolia). Based on our results, we argue that Iran is the center of diversification of goitered gazelles, due to the presence of large mountain ranges and deserts that lead to the separation of populations. In accordance with previous morphological studies, we identified the Asiatic clade as the subspecies G. s. yarkandensis, and the other two clades as the nominate form G. s. subgutturosa. The new genetic information for goitered gazelles in Iran provides the basis for future national conservation programs of this species.
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- Davoud Fadakar
- Department of Natural ResourcesIsfahan University of TechnologyIsfahanIran
- Department of Fishery and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Department of Fishery and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Department of Fishery and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Department of Fishery and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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Abduriyim S, Zibibulla G, Eli S, Ismayil Z, Halik M. Phylogeny and genetic structure of the goitered gazelle (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) in north-western China indicated by the hypervariable mitochondrial control region. SYST BIODIVERS 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1470583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Shamshidin Abduriyim
- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
- Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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Meng W, Eli S, Yang T, Ismayil Z, Ablat G, Halik M. The complete mitochondrial genome of Gazella subgutturosa yarkandens (Artiodactyla; Bovidae; Antilopinae) revealed by next-generation sequencing and its phylogenetic implications. CONSERV GENET RESOUR 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12686-017-0920-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sorokin PA, Rozhnov VV, Krasnenko AU, Lukarevskiy VS, Naidenko SV, Hernandez-Blanco JA. Genetic structure of the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) population: Are tigers in Sikhote-Alin and southwest Primorye truly isolated? Integr Zool 2016; 11:25-32. [PMID: 26663570 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We used molecular genetic analyses to noninvasively identify individual Amur tigers and define subpopulations of tigers in the Russian Far East. We identified 63 individuals after genotyping 256 feces, 7 hair and 11 blood samples collected within southern, central and northern Sikhote-Alin, as well as Southwest Primorye. Analysis of nuclear DNA at 9 microsatellite loci demonstrated greater genetic similarity between animals from southern and northern Sikhote-Alin (some 500 km apart) than between animals from Ussuriskii State Nature Reserve and Southwest Primorye (less than 10 km apart at their nearest point), suggesting that a true barrier exists preventing movements of tigers between Southwest Primorye and the southern Sikhote-Alin Mountains.
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- Pavel A Sorokin
- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Volodin IA, Volodina EV, Lapshina EN, Efremova KO, Soldatova NV. Vocal group signatures in the goitred gazelle Gazella subgutturosa. Anim Cogn 2013; 17:349-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0666-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Revised: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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