Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1142907
Population genetic structure of European wildcats inhabiting the area between the Dinaric Alps and the Scardo‑Pindic mountains
Population genetic structure of European wildcats inhabiting the area between the Dinaric Alps and the Scardo‑Pindic mountains // Scientific reports, 11 (2021), 17984, 11 doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97401-5 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Population genetic structure
of European wildcats inhabiting
the area between the Dinaric Alps
and the Scardo‑Pindic mountains
Autori
Urzi, Felicita ; Šprem, Nikica ; Potočnik, Hubert ; Sindičić, Magda ; Konjević, Dean ; Ćirović, Duško ; Rezić, Andrea ; Duniš, Luka ; Melovski, Dime ; Buzan, Elena
Izvornik
Scientific reports (2045-2322) 11
(2021);
17984, 11
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
Felis silvestris, hybrids, microsatellites
Sažetak
Habitat fragmentation and loss have contributed significantly to the demographic decline of European wildcat populations and hybridization with domestic cats poses a threat to the loss of genetic purity of the species. In this study we used microsatellite markers to analyse genetic variation and structure of the wildcat populations from the area between the Dinaric Alps and the Scardo-Pindic mountains in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and North Macedonia. We also investigated hybridisation between populations of wildcats and domestic cats in the area. One hundred and thirteen samples from freeleaving European wildcats and thirty-two samples from domestic cats were analysed. Allelic richness across populations ranged from 3.61 to 3.98. The observed Ho values ranged between 0.57 and 0.71. The global FST value for the four populations was 0.080 (95% CI 0.056–0.109) and differed significantly from zero (P < 0.001). The highest FST value was observed between the populations North Macedonia and Slovenia and the lowest between Slovenia and Croatia. We also found a signal for the existence of isolation by distance between populations. Our results showed that wildcats are divided in two genetic clusters largely consistent with a geographic division into a genetically diverse northern group (Slovenia, Croatia) and genetically eroded south-eastern group (Serbia, N. Macedonia). Hybridisation rate between wildcats and domestic cats varied between 13% and 52% across the regions.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Veterinarska medicina
POVEZANOST RADA
Ustanove:
Veterinarski fakultet, Zagreb,
Agronomski fakultet, Zagreb
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Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXP)
- Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
- SCI-EXP, SSCI i/ili A&HCI
- Scopus
- MEDLINE
