2012/07/01 by Maria Kuznetsova, А. А. Данилкин, М. В. Холодова · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Identification and Quantification in Food #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Genetic diversity and population structure
paper · doi:10.1134/s1062359012040048
openalex publication_date 2012/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/16
Analysis of MtDNA cytochrome b gene (1140 bp) polymorphism of 106 samples red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) from different regions of Eurasia was performed; the phylogenetic relationships of groups throughout the entire inhibiting area (including North America) were reconstructed. Totally 75 haplotypes were detected, 33 of which were found in the European and 42 in the Asian part of the area. There were no identical haplotypes for these two parts of the area found. The close relatedness between Siberian red deer ( C. e. sibirica ) and North American wapiti ( C. e. canadensis ) was confirmed. Red deer inhibiting Yakutia were close to the Siberian red deer from Altai and Tuva, whereas red deer inhibiting Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions formed a separate clade. Overall, the reconstructed phylogeographic pattern of the species was significantly different from the subspecies differentiation based on morphological traits.