White and other fur colourations and hybridization in golden jackals (Canis aureus) in the Carpathian basin.

Autor: Ninausz N; Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary., Fehér P; Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary., Csányi E; Faculty of Forestry, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Heltai M; Department of Wildlife Biology and Management, Institute of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary., Szabó L; Department of Wildlife Biology and Management, Institute of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary., Barta E; Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary., Kemenszky P; Faculty of Forestry, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Sándor G; Faculty of Forestry, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Jánoska F; Faculty of Forestry, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary., Horváth M; SEFAG Zrt., Kaposvár, Hungary., Kusza S; Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary., Frank K; MKSZN Kft., Festetics György u. 7., Keszthely, Hungary., Varga L; Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary., Stéger V; Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary. steger.viktor@uni-mate.hu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2023 Dec 11; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 21969. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 11.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49265-0
Abstrakt: The golden jackal (Canis aureus) is a reoccurring species in the centre of the Carpathian basin, in Hungary. In total, 31 golden jackal tissue samples were collected, from 8 white-coated, 2 black-coated and one mottled animal across Hungary. Sequences and fragment length polymorphisms were studied for white colour (MC1R), and for black coat colouration (CBD103). In each white animal, the most widespread mutation causing white fur colour in dogs in homozygous form was detected. Three animals were found to carry the mutation in heterozygous form. The two black golden jackals were heterozygous for the 3 bp deletion in CBD103 that mutation for black coat colouration in dogs, and one of them also carried the mutation causing white fur. None of the white animals showed signs of hybridization, but both the black and the mottled coloured individuals were found to be hybrids based on genetic testing. Kinship was found three times, twice between white animals, and once between a white animal and an agouti animal carrying the mutation of white coat. Our results confirm the findings that golden jackal-dog hybrids may occur without human intervention, and the detected mutation causing white fur colour in golden jackals could possibly be due to an early hybridization event.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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