Song, Kai and Halvarsson, Peter and Fang, Yun and Barnaby, Jonathan and Germogenov, Nickolai and Sun, Yuehua and Hoglund, Jacob
(2020).
Genetic differentiation in Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans) and its sibling species Siberian jay (P. infaustus).
Conservation Genetics. 21
, 319-327
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Abstract
The Pleistocene ice age and recent forest fragmentation have both played a significant role in shaping the population genetic variation of boreal coniferous species in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and Eurasian coniferous forests. The Sichuan jay is one of the least know endemic bird species in QTP coniferous forests in western China while its sibling species, the Siberian Jay, is widespread within the coniferous forests in northern Eurasia. Here we used 11 microsatellite markers to assay genetic diversity across 58 Sichuan jay samples from China and 205 Siberian jay samples from Sweden and Russia. Results showed three distinct genetic clusters from the Sichuan jay sampling. Furthermore, the pair-wise F-ST values indicated high genetic differentiation not only among the two species but also between Swedish and Russian Siberian jay populations. What is more, a pattern of isolation by distance was found among the analyzed populations. Our study suggests that targeted habitat restoration in fragmented forests and more genetic work is urgently needed for conservation of the Sichuan jay.
Authors/Creators: | Song, Kai and Halvarsson, Peter and Fang, Yun and Barnaby, Jonathan and Germogenov, Nickolai and Sun, Yuehua and Hoglund, Jacob | ||||||
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Title: | Genetic differentiation in Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans) and its sibling species Siberian jay (P. infaustus) | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Conservation Genetics | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 21 | ||||||
Page range: | 319-327 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
ISSN: | 1566-0621 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Forest Science | ||||||
Keywords: | Coniferous forests, Microsatellites, Genetic differentiation, Sichuan jay, IBD | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-104851 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-104851 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 17373 | ||||||
Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||||
Department: | (VH) > Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 01 Sep 2020 12:45 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:46 |
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