Journal Title
Title of Journal: Eur J Wildl Res
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Abbravation: European Journal of Wildlife Research
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag
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Authors: Arne Ludwig Cristiano Vernesi Dietmar Lieckfeldt Ella Zoe Lattenkamp Anke Wiethölter Walburga Lutz
Publish Date: 2011/08/14
Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 495-501
Abstract
Although not native to Germany fallow deer Dama dama are commonly found today but their origin as well as the genetic structure of the founding members is still unclear In order to address these aspects we sequenced ~400 bp of the mitochondrial dloop of 365 animals from 22 locations in nine German Federal States Nine new haplotypes were detected and archived in GenBank Our data produced evidence for a Turkish origin of the German founders However German fallow deer populations have complex patterns of mtDNA variation In particular three distinct clusters were identified SchleswigHolstein Brandenburg/Hesse/Rhineland and Saxony/lower Saxony/Mecklenburg/Westphalia/Anhalt Signatures of recent demographic expansions were found for the latter two An overall pattern of reduced genetic variation was therefore accompanied by a relatively strong genetic structure as highlighted by an overall Phict value of 074 P 0001Collection of samples and all analyses comply with the current laws in Germany We thank Carla Pinho for proof reading The authors thank all hunters and their organizations for undertaking sampling Financial support was given by the Forschungsstelle für Jagdkunde und Wildschadenverhütung of the State North Rhine Westphalia
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