Southern marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) populations assessed using Amplicon Sequencing on fecal samples.

ABSTRACT: Populations in isolated and small fragments lose genetic variability very fast and are usually of conservation concern because they are at greater risk of local extinction. The largest native deer in South America, Blastocerus dichotomus (Illiger, 1815), is a Vulnerable species according to the IUCN categorization, which inhabits tropical and subtropical swampy areas. In Argentina, its presence has been restricted to four isolated fragments. Here we examine the genetic diversity and differentiation among three of them, including the three different patches that form the southernmost population, using 18 microsatellite markers genotyped by Amplicon Sequencing of DNA extracted from fecal samples. Genetic diversity was low (H_E < 0.45) in all three populations studied. We found thre

SUBMITTER: Wolfenson LI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11246461 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature