Gazella arabica dareshurii: a remarkable relict population on Farur Island, Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The islands in the Persian Gulf are home to several species of gazelles, i.e., Gazella bennettii, G. subgutturosa, and a new subspecies of Mountain gazelles which was discovered on Farur Island and described for the first time in 1993 as Gazella gazella dareshurii. Later, phylogenetic analyses showed that the Mountain gazelles consist of two species: G. gazella and G. arabica. As the Farur gazelles are more closely related to the Arabian forms of the Mountain gazelles, this subspecies is regarded to be G. arabica dareshurii. Until now, the origin of this subspecies has been an enigma.

Results

Here, we used mitochondrial cyt b, two nuclear introns (CHD2 and ZNF618), and morphological data to address this question by investigating the taxonomic position of the Farur

SUBMITTER: Fadakar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628440 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature