Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Three Forest Musk Deer Captive Populations with Different Origins.

ABSTRACT: Musk deer (Moschidae), whose secretion is an expensive and irreplaceable component of traditional medicine, have become endangered in the wild due to habitat fragmentation and over-exploitation. In recent years, China has had success in the artificial breeding of forest musk deer, thus relieving the pressure on wild populations. However, many farmed populations are experiencing degradation, and little genetic information is available for conservation management. In this study, we selected 274 individuals from three typical captive populations (originated from the Ta-pa Mountains (Tp), the midrange of the Qinling Mountains (Ql) and the Western Sichuan Plateau (WS), respectively) to evaluate the genetic variations. A total of more than 3.15 billion high-quality clean reads and 4.37 million h

SUBMITTER: Fan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6469423 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature