Genetic Differentiation of Reintroduced Pere David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus) Based on Population Genomics Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The reintroduction is an important conservation tool to restore a species in its historically distribution area, but the rate of reintroduction success varies across species or regions due to different reasons. Genetic evaluation is important to the conservation management of reintroduced species. Conservation concerns relate to genetic threats for species with a small population size or severely historically bottle-necked species, such as negative consequences associated with loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding. The last 40years have seen a rapid increasing of population size for Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which originated from a limited founder population. However, the genetic structure of reintroduced Père David's deer has not been investigated in terms of pop

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8452920 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature