Journal
GENETICA
Volume 147, Issue 3-4, Pages 327-335Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-019-00073-3
Keywords
SNP loci; Endangered species; Human activity; Genetic differentiation; Gene flow; Geographic barrier
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- Key Technology Program of Hubei Province [2019AC161]
- Shennongjia National Park [2019SNJ003]
- National Key Technology R&D Program of China [2013BAD03B02]
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The Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an endangered species endemic to China, where the smallest population resides in Shennongjia National Park, Hubei Province. In this study, the genetic diversity of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys from two areas, Qianjiaping (QJP) and Dalongtan (DLT) in Shennongjia National Park was evaluated using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data derived from restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq). A total of 41,260 SNP loci were found in 29 Sichuan snub-nosed monkey individuals. The genome-wide nucleotide diversity (pi) of the Shennongjia population was 0.001842. The genetic differentiation (F-ST) between the QJP and DLT subpopulations was 0.034. The heterozygosity of individuals from QJP was 0.3475 +/- 0.03696 and 0.3148 +/- 0.03501 for individuals from DLT. Although the DLT and QJP subpopulations did not show significant genetic differences, genetic differentiation between the two subpopulations was confirmed using Bayesian cluster analysis, neighbor-joining trees and principal component analysis. These results suggest that the Shennongjia population of Sichuan snub-nosed monkey has relatively low genetic diversity at the genomic level. The little genetic differentiation noted between the DLT and QJP subpopulations likely due to natural and anthropogenic barriers which may exacerbate loss of genetic diversity of this endangered subpopulation.
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