Combining phylogenetic and demographic inferences to assess the extent and origin of the genetic diversity in an isolated wolf population.

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176560" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176560</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176560" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0176560</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Combining phylogenetic and demographic inferences to assess the extent and origin of the genetic diversity in an isolated wolf population.

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The survival of isolated small populations is threatened by both demographic and genetic factors. Large carnivores declined for centuries in most of Europe due to habitat changes, overhunting of their natural prey and direct persecution. However, the current rewilding trends are driving many carnivore populations to expand again, possibly reverting the erosion of their genetic diversity. In this study we reassessed the extent and origin of the genetic variation of the Italian wolf population, which is expanding after centuries of decline and isolation. We genotyped wolves from Italy and other nine populations at four mtDNA regions (control-region, ATP6, COIII and ND4) and 39 autosomal microsatellites. Results of phylogenetic analyses and assignment procedures confirmed in the Italian wolves a second private mtDNA haplotype, which belongs to a haplogroup distributed mostly in southern Europe. Coalescent analyses showed that the unique mtDNA haplotypes in the Italian wolves likely originated during the late Pleistocene. ABC simulations concordantly showed that the extant wolf populations in Italy and in south-western Europe started to be isolated and declined right after the last glacial maximum. Thus, the standing genetic variation in the Italian wolves principally results from the historical isolation south of the Alps.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Combining phylogenetic and demographic inferences to assess the extent and origin of the genetic diversity in an isolated wolf population.

Popis výsledku anglicky

The survival of isolated small populations is threatened by both demographic and genetic factors. Large carnivores declined for centuries in most of Europe due to habitat changes, overhunting of their natural prey and direct persecution. However, the current rewilding trends are driving many carnivore populations to expand again, possibly reverting the erosion of their genetic diversity. In this study we reassessed the extent and origin of the genetic variation of the Italian wolf population, which is expanding after centuries of decline and isolation. We genotyped wolves from Italy and other nine populations at four mtDNA regions (control-region, ATP6, COIII and ND4) and 39 autosomal microsatellites. Results of phylogenetic analyses and assignment procedures confirmed in the Italian wolves a second private mtDNA haplotype, which belongs to a haplogroup distributed mostly in southern Europe. Coalescent analyses showed that the unique mtDNA haplotypes in the Italian wolves likely originated during the late Pleistocene. ABC simulations concordantly showed that the extant wolf populations in Italy and in south-western Europe started to be isolated and declined right after the last glacial maximum. Thus, the standing genetic variation in the Italian wolves principally results from the historical isolation south of the Alps.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10620 - Other biological topics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

PLOS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

1-19

Kód UT WoS článku

000401314100025

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85018931772