{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Hyun JY"],"funding":["Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University","SNU Brain Fusion Program of the Seoul National University"],"pagination":["e8900"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7227655"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8"],"pubmed_abstract":["The leopard, <i>Panthera pardus</i>, is a threatened species in its range throughout the world. Although, historically, the Korean Peninsula had a high population density of leopards, they were extirpated from South Korea by 1970, leaving almost no genetic specimens. Traditionally, Korean leopards are classified as <i>Panthera pardus orientalis</i>; however, their classification is based only on locality and morphology. Therefore, there is a need for genetic studies to identify the phylogenetic status of Korean leopards at the subspecies level. Presently, no extant wild specimen is available from South Korea; therefore, we extracted genetic material from the old skin of a leopard captured in Jirisan, South Korea in the 1930s and conducted the first phylogenetic study of the South Korean le"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pubmed_title":["Phylogenetic study of extirpated Korean leopard using mitochondrial DNA from an old skin specimen in South Korea."],"pmcid":["PMC7227655"],"funding_grant_id":["2014/550-20140052"],"pubmed_authors":["Cho JH","Lee H","Hyun JY","Pandey P","Min MS","Kim KS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Phylogenetic study of extirpated Korean leopard using mitochondrial DNA from an old skin specimen in South Korea.","description":"The leopard, <i>Panthera pardus</i>, is a threatened species in its range throughout the world. Although, historically, the Korean Peninsula had a high population density of leopards, they were extirpated from South Korea by 1970, leaving almost no genetic specimens. Traditionally, Korean leopards are classified as <i>Panthera pardus orientalis</i>; however, their classification is based only on locality and morphology. Therefore, there is a need for genetic studies to identify the phylogenetic status of Korean leopards at the subspecies level. Presently, no extant wild specimen is available from South Korea; therefore, we extracted genetic material from the old skin of a leopard captured in Jirisan, South Korea in the 1930s and conducted the first phylogenetic study of the South Korean le","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020","modification":"2026-04-08T01:46:18.437Z","creation":"2020-05-24T07:11:17Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7227655","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32435529"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.8900"]}}