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المؤلفDriscoll, Carlos A.
المؤلفYamaguchi, Nobuyuki
المؤلفBar-Gal, Gila Kahila
المؤلفRoca, Alfred L.
المؤلفLuo, Shujin
المؤلفMacdonald, David W.
المؤلفO'Brien, Stephen J.
تاريخ الإتاحة2016-03-31T14:00:59Z
تاريخ النشر2009-01
اسم المنشورPLoS ONE
المصدرScopus
الاقتباسDriscoll CA, Yamaguchi N, Bar-Gal GK, Roca AL, Luo S, Macdonald DW, et al. (2009) Mitochondrial Phylogeography Illuminates the Origin of the Extinct Caspian Tiger and Its Relationship to the Amur Tiger. PLoS ONE 4(1): e4125.�
الرقم المعياري الدولي للكتاب1932-6203
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004125
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/4310
الملخصThe Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) flourished in Central Asian riverine forest systems in a range disjunct from that of other tigers, but was driven to extinction in 1970 prior to a modern molecular evaluation. For over a century naturalists puzzled over the taxonomic validity, placement, and biogeographic origin of this enigmatic animal. Using ancient-DNA (aDNA) methodology, we generated composite mtDNA haplotypes from twenty wild Caspian tigers from throughout their historic range sampled from museum collections. We found that Caspian tigers carry a major mtDNA haplotype differing by only a single nucleotide from the monomorphic haplotype found across all contemporary Amur tigers (P. t. altaica). Phylogeographic analysis with extant tiger subspecies suggests that less than 10,000 years ago the Caspian/Amur tiger ancestor colonized Central Asia via the Gansu Corridor (Silk Road) from eastern China then subsequently traversed Siberia eastward to establish the Amur tiger in the Russian Far East. The conservation implications of these findings are far reaching, as the observed genetic depletion characteristic of modern Amur tigers likely reflects these founder migrations and therefore predates human influence. Also, due to their evolutionary propinquity, living Amur tigers offer an appropriate genetic source should reintroductions to the former range of the Caspian tiger be implemented.
راعي المشروعNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, under contract N01-CO-12400.�
اللغةen
الناشرPublic Library of Science
الموضوعTigers
Haplotypes
Mitochondrial DNA
Phylogenetic analysis
Paleogenetics
Phylogenetics
Polymerase chain reaction
العنوانMitochondrial phylogeography illuminates the origin of the extinct caspian tiger and its relationship to the amur tiger
النوعArticle
رقم العدد1
رقم المجلد4
dc.accessType Open Access


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