The potential and shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA analysis for cheetah conservation management
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16170%2F22%3A43879971" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16170/22:43879971 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62157124:16810/22:43879971
Result on the web
<a href="https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2058167/v1/249691aa-8735-4532-aaa8-40271c75d2ee.pdf?c=1663363123" target="_blank" >https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2058167/v1/249691aa-8735-4532-aaa8-40271c75d2ee.pdf?c=1663363123</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01483-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10592-022-01483-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The potential and shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA analysis for cheetah conservation management
Original language description
There are only about 7,100 adolescent and adult cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) remaining in the wild. With the majority occurring outside protected areas, their numbers are rapidly declining. Evidence-based conservation measures are essential for the survival of this species. Genetic data is routinely used to inform conservation strategies, e.g., by establishing conservation units (CU). A commonly used marker in conservation genetics is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Here, we investigated the cheetah's phylogeography using a large-scale mtDNA data set to refine subspecies distributions and better assign individuals to CUs. Our dataset mostly consisted of historic samples to cover the cheetah's whole range as the species has been extinct in most of its former distribution. While our genetic data largely agree with geography-based subspecies assignments, several geographic regions show conflicting mtDNA signals. Our analyses support previous findings that evolutionary forces such as incomplete lineage sorting or mitochondrial capture likely confound the mitochondrial phylogeography of this species, especially in East and, to some extent, in Northeast Africa. We caution that subspecies assignments solely based on mtDNA should be treated carefully and argue for an additional standardized nuclear single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker set for subspecies identification and monitoring. However, the detection of the A. j. soemmeringii specific haplogroup by a newly designed Amplification-Refractory Mutation System (ARMS) can already provide support for conservation measures.
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Czech description
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Classification
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
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Conservation genetics
ISSN
1566-0621
e-ISSN
1572-9737
Volume of the periodical
neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
nestrankovano
UT code for WoS article
000897356700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85143592273