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dc.contributor.authorKleven, Oddmund
dc.contributor.authorBrøseth, Henrik
dc.contributor.authorJonassen, Kyrre
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Hans Christian
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T12:28:23Z
dc.date.available2020-03-31T12:28:23Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1612-4642
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2649683
dc.description.abstractThe black grouse Lyrurus tetrix and the capercaillie Tetrao urogallus are known to produce hybrids in wild populations. In general, these hybrids are regarded as infertile; however, conclusive evidence that F1-hybrids are infertile and unable to backcross in the wild are lacking. Using a molecular approach, we examined the ancestry of a bird assumed to be a male hybrid based on phenotypic characters. The specimen was legally shot during the hunting season in northern Norway in an area where the black grouse is common and the capercaillie is relatively rare. Analysis of the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA revealed that the mother of the specimen was of capercaillie origin, while a diagnostic sex-chromosome (Z) linked microsatellite marker showed that the father had a black grouse allele. Diagnostic autosomal microsatellite markers revealed that the specimen was a backcross and not a first-generation hybrid. As galliform birds follow Haldane’s rule, i.e., that hybrid sterility is common in the heterogametic sex (female in birds), the hybrid parent of the backcross was, thus, likely a male. Our findings provide molecular evidence that capercaillie × black grouse F1-hybrid males can be fertile and successfully mate and backcross in a wild population.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectHybridizationen_US
dc.subjectMtDNAen_US
dc.subjectMicrosatellitesen_US
dc.subjectLyrurustetrixen_US
dc.titleBackcrossing of a capercaillie × black grouse hybrid male in the wild revealed with molecular markeren_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder©The Author(s) 2020en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.source.volume66en_US
dc.source.journalEuropean Journal of Wildlife Researchen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10344-020-01377-y
dc.identifier.cristin1804587


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