The European Ground Squirrel's Genetic Diversity in Its Ancestral Land: Landscape Insights and Conservation Implications

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F23%3A43906410" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/23:43906410 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/365" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/365</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15030365" target="_blank" >10.3390/d15030365</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The European Ground Squirrel's Genetic Diversity in Its Ancestral Land: Landscape Insights and Conservation Implications
Original language description
The European ground squirrel is an endangered rodent whose populations are declining throughout its range. Only in Bulgaria, the genetic hotspot of the species, are some abundant populations still present. We employed 12 microsatellite loci in ten Bulgarian populations to look at population structure, gene flow and recent bottlenecks. We found that the populations are in good condition in terms of heterozygosity, where values ranged from 0.55 to 0.78. However, the inbreeding index (F-IS) was significant for most populations. A recent bottleneck was detected in only one population. Based on Bayesian clustering methods, the populations in Bulgaria were attributed to two groups, northern and southern, with admixture in the northern one. The AMOVA test between these groups showed no differentiation in genetic diversity. The mean value of F-ST was 0.184, which shows strong diversification among all populations. Hence, gene flow is probably limited. All these results indicate that Bulgaria is the main area to focus the efforts for conservation of the species by ensuring that the complex and rich genetic structure of Bulgarian populations is preserved.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project
<a href="/en/project/KJB601410816" target="_blank" >KJB601410816: Population genetic structure in two European endemics, the European ground squirrel and the garden dormouse: a comparison of fragmented versus continuous populations</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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