Abstract
Two DNA analysis techniques were applied to study Chlamydotis undulata from all six hypothesized population centers of macqueenii subspecies, including the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, the Syrian Desert, Iran, the Turanian Plain, Central Asia and the Mongolian Plateau. The undulata subspecies were also included for comparison. Results using the Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique showed a clear difference between undulata and macqueenii. However, there appeared to be no clear grouping of the different macqueenii populations. Single stranded conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of the PCR products from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene identified two types of band patterns (designated A and B), with C. u. undulata all type A and C. u. macqueenii all type B. The results from these preliminary studies could suggest that there is little or no isolation of macqueenii populations. However, results do indicate the existence of a differentiation between undulata and macqueenii subspecies.
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