Diversification and subspecies patterning of the goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in Iran.

ABSTRACT: Goitered gazelles, Gazella subgutturosa, exist in arid and semiarid regions of Asia from the Middle to the Far East. Although large populations were present over a vast area until recently, a decline of the population as a result of hunting, poaching, and habitat loss led to the IUCN classification of G. subgutturosa as "vulnerable." We examined genetic diversity, structure, and phylogeny of G. subgutturosa using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences from 18 geographically distant populations in Iran. The median-joining network of cyt b haplotypes indicated that three clades of goitered gazelles can be distinguished: a Middle Eastern clade west of the Zagros Mountains (and connected to populations in Turkey and Iraq), a Central Iranian clade (with connecti

SUBMITTER: Fadakar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319147 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature