Abstract
The Eld’s deer or brow-antlered deer (Rucervus eldii) is one of the most endangered cervids of Southeast Asia. Geographically, it has three distinct subspecies; Sangai or Manipur's brow-antlered deer (R. e. eldii), Siamese brow-antlered deer (R. e. siamensis) and Thamin or Myanmar’s brow antlered deer (R. e. thamin). We examined the genetic diversity of wild and captive populations of R. e. eldii and compared its relationship with other subspecies using mtDNA control region gene. During the analysis, only one haplotype was detected in 30 samples of R. e. eldii. No genetic variation was observed among the R. e. eldii populations. The reduced genetic diversity indicates that the population has passed through the bottleneck effect that might have resulted in the inbreeding depression.
Highlights
Materials and methodsThe Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii) is the most localized cervid species found in India occurring as a single isolated population in a 40 km2 area of the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP), Manipur (Hussain et al 2006)
The reduced genetic diversity indicates that the population has passed through the bottleneck effect that might have resulted in the inbreeding depression
10 were found in 37 samples of R. e. thamin, one was found in 30 samples of R. e. eldii, three were found in seven samples of R. e. siamensis, and one was detected in 22 samples of R. e. hainanus
Summary
Materials and methodsThe Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii) is the most localized cervid species found in India occurring as a single isolated population in a 40 km2 area of the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP), Manipur (Hussain et al 2006). It has three distinct subspecies; Sangai or Manipur's brow-antlered deer Siamensis) and Thamin or Myanmar’s brow antlered deer We examined the genetic diversity of wild and captive populations of R. e. Eldii and compared its relationship with other subspecies using mtDNA control region gene.
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