Altai wolf phylogeography ( Canis lupus L.) studied by microsatellite markers.

Autor: Vorobyevskaya, E., Baldina, S.
Zdroj: Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin; Jun2011, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p53-54, 2p
Abstrakt: The taxonomic positions, origin, and kinship of various forms of the Altai gray wolf remain debatable. A protocol for simple sequence repeat analysis, which is among the basic tools in phylogeographical studies, has been developed and tested. The study was conducted with 97 gray wolf ( Canis lupus L.) individuals from populations inhabiting the plain-steppe, foothill forest-steppe, and mountain-taiga ecotopes of Altai Krai and the Altai Republic. The SSR loci chosen as molecular markers are highly efficient. The results confirm that the forest-steppe Altai gray wolf population is a part of the mountain-taiga population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index