Widespread hybridization in the introduced hog deer population of Victoria, Australia, and its implications for conservation.

ABSTRACT: In Australia, many species have been introduced that have since undergone drastic declines in their native range. One species of note is the hog deer (Axis porcinus) which was introduced in the 1860s to Victoria, Australia, and has since become endangered in its native range throughout South-East Asia. There is increased interest in using non-native populations as a source for genetic rescue; however, considerations need to be made of the genetic suitability of the non-native population. Three mitochondrial markers and two nuclear markers were sequenced to assess the genetic variation of the Victorian population of hog deer, which identified that the Victorian population has hybrid origins with the closely related chital (Axis axis), a species that is no longer present in the wild in Victo

SUBMITTER: Hill E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6787866 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature