کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2193734 1098394 2013 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Evaluating ex situ conservation projects: Genetic structure of the captive population of the Arabian sand cat
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Evaluating ex situ conservation projects: Genetic structure of the captive population of the Arabian sand cat
چکیده انگلیسی

Ex situ conservation plays an increasingly important role in the conservation of endangered species. Molecular genetic markers can be helpful to assess the status of captive breeding programmes. We present the first molecular genetic analysis of the captive population of the Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) using microsatellites. Our data indicates that the captive population of F. m. harrisoni comprises three genetic clusters, which are based on different founder lineages. Genetic diversity was relatively high, the effective population size even exceeded the number of founders. This was presumably caused by subsequently integrating unrelated, genetically diverse founders into the captive population and a careful management based on minimizing kinship. However, we detected an error in the studbook records, which might have led to incestuous matings and underlines the usefulness of molecular evaluations in captive breeding programmes for endangered species.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde - Volume 78, Issue 5, September 2013, Pages 379–382
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