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Microsatellite markers confirm extensive population fragmentation of the endangered Balkan palaeoendemic Martino s vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi)

Authors

BUZAN Elena V. KRYSTUFEK Boris BRYJA Josef

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Conservation Genetics
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Zoology
Keywords Population structure; conservation management; spatial genetics; metapopulation
Description The Martino s vole is an endangered rodent endemic to the western Balkan Peninsula. Its range is fragmented, and populations are small due to high habitat specificity. The level of genetic variation within such populations is often low, and genetic differentiation between patchily dispersed populations is high. By scoring eight microsatellite loci in 110 individual Martino's voles originating from 27 locations throughout the species range, we analysed genetic variation at both the intra- and interpopulation level. Factorial correspondence analysis, Bayesian analyses, and allele sharing distances divided individuals into three phylogroups (Northwestern, Central, and Southeastern), thus providing independent support for phylogeographic structuring, a pattern that has been described in previous studies based on mitochondrial DNA. Spatial genetic analyses showed that populations are highly fragmented, even in those areas with the highest population densities.
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