Genome-wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe.

Autor: Carranza J; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., Pérez-González J; Biology and Ethology Unit, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Anaya G; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., de Jong M; Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute (SBiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Broggini C; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., Zachos FE; Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.; Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northwest Territories, Australia., McDevitt AD; Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Atlantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland., Niedziałkowska M; Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland., Sykut M; Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland., Csányi S; Department of Wildlife Biology and Management, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Gödöllő, Hungary., Bleier N; Department of Game Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary., Csirke L; Department of Game Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary., Røed K; Department of Preclinical Sciences and Pathology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway., Saint-Andrieux C; French Biodiversity Agency, Vincennes, France., Barboiron A; French Biodiversity Agency, Vincennes, France., Gort-Esteve A; Department of Animal and Food Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Ruiz-Olmo J; Direcció General d'Ecosistemes Forestals i Gestió del Medi, Barcelona, Spain., Seoane JM; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., Godoy JA; Department of Integrative Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Seville, Spain., Mackiewicz P; Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland., de la Peña E; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain., Vedel G; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., McFarlane SE; Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Pemberton J; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Membrillo A; Wildlife Research Unit (UIRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular ecology [Mol Ecol] 2024 Sep; Vol. 33 (18), pp. e17508. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 19.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17508
Abstrakt: Genome-wide technologies open up new possibilities to clarify questions on genetic structure and phylogeographic history of taxa previously studied with microsatellite loci and mitochondrial sequences. Here, we used 736 individual red deer (Cervus elaphus) samples genotyped at 35,701 single nucleotide polymorphism loci (SNPs) to assess the population structure of the species throughout Europe. The results identified 28 populations, with higher degrees of genetic distinction in peripheral compared to mainland populations. Iberian red deer show high genetic differentiation, with lineages in Western and Central Iberia maintaining their distinctiveness, which supports separate refugial ranges within Iberia along with little recent connection between Iberian and the remaining Western European populations. The Norwegian population exhibited the lowest variability and the largest allele frequency differences from mainland European populations, compatible with a history of bottlenecks and drift during post-glacial colonization from southern refugia. Scottish populations showed high genetic distance from the mainland but high levels of diversity. Hybrid zones were found between Eastern and Western European lineages in Central Europe as well as in the Pyrenees, where red deer from France are in close contact with Iberian red deer. Anthropogenic restocking has promoted the Pyrenean contact zone, admixture events in populations on the Isle of Rum and in the Netherlands, and at least partly the admixture of the two main lineages in central-eastern Europe. Our analysis enabled detailed resolution of population structure of a large mammal widely distributed throughout Europe and contributes to resolving the evolutionary history, which can also inform conservation and management policies.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Molecular Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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