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dc.contributor.authorKaczensky, Petra
dc.contributor.authorKovtun, Ekaterina
dc.contributor.authorHabibrakhmanov, Rustam
dc.contributor.authorHemami, Mahmoud‑Reza
dc.contributor.authorKhaleghi, Amirhossein
dc.contributor.authorLinnell, John Durrus
dc.contributor.authorRustamov, Eldar
dc.contributor.authorSklyarenko, Sergey
dc.contributor.authorWalzer, Chris
dc.contributor.authorZuther, Steffen
dc.contributor.authorKuehn, Ralph
dc.coverage.spatialTurkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asianb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-05T11:35:47Z
dc.date.available2018-09-05T11:35:47Z
dc.date.created2018-09-03T11:07:31Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1566-0621
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2560954
dc.description.abstractLoss of genetic diversity due to drift and inbreeding reduces a population’s ability to respond to environmental change and may result in inbreeding depression. The Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus), regionally also known as Gobi khulan, Turkmen kulan, or Persian onager, has become confined to less than 3% of its historic distribution range. Remaining populations in Central Asia outside of the Mongolian Gobi are small and fragmented. Questions concerning subpopulation status remain disputed and concerns over the viability of these populations have been raised because of small size, past bottlenecks, or recent founder events. We used non-invasive faecal samples to assess the genetic diversity and divergence among Turkmen kulan and Persian onager from five free-ranging and one captive population from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran and compared their genetic constitution to the large autochthonous population in the Mongolian Gobi. We observed loss of genetic diversity (drift and inbreeding) in the captive and reintroduced populations as well as in one rapidly declining autochthonous population. Population differentiation and structure using microsatellites and mtDNA based phylogenetic analysis do not support the current separation of the autochthonous populations of Turkmen kulan and Persian onager into different subspecies, but rather suggest a cline with the Iranian population in Bahram-e-Goor at the southern end and the Turkmen population in Badhyz at the northern end falling into two distinct clusters, and the northern Iranian population in Touran being intermediate. We compare our findings to other population genetics studies of equids and discuss the implications of our findings for the future conservation of the Asiatic wild ass in the region.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.subjectAsiatic wild assnb_NO
dc.subjectEquus hemionusnb_NO
dc.subjectMicrosatellitesnb_NO
dc.subjectMtDNAnb_NO
dc.subjectInbreedingnb_NO
dc.subjectReintroductionnb_NO
dc.titleGenetic characterization of free-ranging Asiatic wild ass in Central Asia as a basis for future conservation strategiesnb_NO
dc.title.alternativeGenetic characterization of free-ranging Asiatic wild ass in Central Asia as a basis for future conservation strategiesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.rights.holder© Springer Nature B.V. 2018nb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480nb_NO
dc.source.journalConservation Geneticsnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10592-018-1086-3
dc.identifier.cristin1606187
dc.relation.projectEgen institusjon: Norwegian institute for nature research (NINA)nb_NO
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 251112nb_NO
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cristin.unitnameAvdeling for terrestrisk økologi
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