Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations

Abstract The aoudad (Ammotragus lervia Pallas 1777) is an ungulate species, native to the mountain ranges of North Africa. In the second half of the twentieth century, it was successfully introduced in some European countries, mainly for hunting purposes, i.e. in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy,...

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Autores principales:	Sunčica Stipoljev, Toni Safner, Pavao Gančević, Ana Galov, Tina Stuhne, Ida Svetličić, Stefano Grignolio, Jorge Cassinello, Nikica Šprem
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3c42f49c8fb347ed83a13a03fa8b95942021-12-02T17:47:23ZPopulation structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations10.1038/s41598-021-91678-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/3c42f49c8fb347ed83a13a03fa8b95942021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91678-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The aoudad (Ammotragus lervia Pallas 1777) is an ungulate species, native to the mountain ranges of North Africa. In the second half of the twentieth century, it was successfully introduced in some European countries, mainly for hunting purposes, i.e. in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain. We used neutral genetic markers, the mitochondrial DNA control region sequence and microsatellite loci, to characterize and compare genetic diversity and spatial pattern of genetic structure on different timeframes among all European aoudad populations. Four distinct control region haplotypes found in European aoudad populations indicate that the aoudad has been introduced in Europe from multiple genetic sources, with the population in the Sierra Espuña as the only population in which more than one haplotype was detected. The number of detected microsatellite alleles within all populations (< 3.61) and mean proportion of shared alleles within all analysed populations (< 0.55) indicates relatively low genetic variability, as expected for new populations funded by a small number of individuals. In STRUCTURE results with K = 2–4, Croatian and Czech populations cluster in the same genetic cluster, indicating joined origin. Among three populations from Spain, Almeria population shows as genetically distinct from others in results, while other Spanish populations diverge at K = 4. Maintenance of genetic diversity should be included in the management of populations to sustain their viability, specially for small Czech population with high proportion of shared alleles (0.85) and Croatian population that had the smallest estimated effective population size (Ne = 5.4).Sunčica StipoljevToni SafnerPavao GančevićAna GalovTina StuhneIda SvetličićStefano GrignolioJorge CassinelloNikica ŠpremNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Sunčica Stipoljev Toni Safner Pavao Gančević Ana Galov Tina Stuhne Ida Svetličić Stefano Grignolio Jorge Cassinello Nikica Šprem Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
description	Abstract The aoudad (Ammotragus lervia Pallas 1777) is an ungulate species, native to the mountain ranges of North Africa. In the second half of the twentieth century, it was successfully introduced in some European countries, mainly for hunting purposes, i.e. in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain. We used neutral genetic markers, the mitochondrial DNA control region sequence and microsatellite loci, to characterize and compare genetic diversity and spatial pattern of genetic structure on different timeframes among all European aoudad populations. Four distinct control region haplotypes found in European aoudad populations indicate that the aoudad has been introduced in Europe from multiple genetic sources, with the population in the Sierra Espuña as the only population in which more than one haplotype was detected. The number of detected microsatellite alleles within all populations (< 3.61) and mean proportion of shared alleles within all analysed populations (< 0.55) indicates relatively low genetic variability, as expected for new populations funded by a small number of individuals. In STRUCTURE results with K = 2–4, Croatian and Czech populations cluster in the same genetic cluster, indicating joined origin. Among three populations from Spain, Almeria population shows as genetically distinct from others in results, while other Spanish populations diverge at K = 4. Maintenance of genetic diversity should be included in the management of populations to sustain their viability, specially for small Czech population with high proportion of shared alleles (0.85) and Croatian population that had the smallest estimated effective population size (Ne = 5.4).
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author	Sunčica Stipoljev Toni Safner Pavao Gančević Ana Galov Tina Stuhne Ida Svetličić Stefano Grignolio Jorge Cassinello Nikica Šprem
author_facet	Sunčica Stipoljev Toni Safner Pavao Gančević Ana Galov Tina Stuhne Ida Svetličić Stefano Grignolio Jorge Cassinello Nikica Šprem
author_sort	Sunčica Stipoljev
title	Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
title_short	Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
title_full	Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
title_fullStr	Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
title_full_unstemmed	Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
title_sort	population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
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Population structure and genetic diversity of non-native aoudad populations

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