Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 18, Pages 3785-3795Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05231.x
Keywords
coalescence; female effective population size; Lynx pardinus; mitochondrial DNA; mutation rate
Funding
- Fundacion General de la Universidad de Alcala
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Inovacion [BES-2010-030127]
- Proyecto de Investigacion Arqueologica del Valle Alto del Lozoya
- Fundacion Duques de Soria
- Fundacion Atapuerca
- Swedish Resarch Council
- European Union
- MICINN of Spain [BFU2009-06974]
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Low genetic diversity in the endangered Iberian lynx, including lack of mitochondrial control region variation, is thought to result from historical or Pleistocene/Holocene population bottlenecks, and to indicate poor long-term viability. We find no variability in control region sequences from 19 Iberian lynx remains from across the Iberian Peninsula and spanning the last 50 000 years. This is best explained by continuously small female effective population size through time. We conclude that low genetic variability in the Iberian lynx is not in itself a threat to long-term viability, and so should not preclude conservation efforts.
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