{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Salado I"],"funding":["Spanish Ministry of Universities","Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness","Junta de Andalucia"],"pagination":["75"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9858670"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Gray wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) in the Iberian Peninsula declined substantially in both range and population size in the last few centuries due to human persecution and habitat fragmentation. However, unlike many other western European populations, gray wolves never went extinct in Iberia. Since the minimum number was recorded around 1970, their numbers have significantly increased and then stabilized in recent decades. We analyzed mitochondrial genomes from 54 historical specimens of Iberian wolves from across their historical range using ancient DNA methods. We compared historical and current mitochondrial diversity in Iberian wolves at the 5' end of the control region (n = 17 and 27) and the whole mitochondrial genome excluding the control region (n = 19 and 29). Despite an increase in"],"journal":["Genes"],"pubmed_title":["Loss of Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity despite Population Growth: The Legacy of Past Wolf Population Declines."],"pmcid":["PMC9858670"],"funding_grant_id":["FPU17/02584","BES-2017-082260","P18-FR-5099"],"pubmed_authors":["Vila C","Salado I","Leonard JA","Fernandez-Gil A","Lupianez-Corpas N","Hofreiter M","Preick M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Loss of Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity despite Population Growth: The Legacy of Past Wolf Population Declines.","description":"Gray wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) in the Iberian Peninsula declined substantially in both range and population size in the last few centuries due to human persecution and habitat fragmentation. However, unlike many other western European populations, gray wolves never went extinct in Iberia. Since the minimum number was recorded around 1970, their numbers have significantly increased and then stabilized in recent decades. We analyzed mitochondrial genomes from 54 historical specimens of Iberian wolves from across their historical range using ancient DNA methods. We compared historical and current mitochondrial diversity in Iberian wolves at the 5' end of the control region (n = 17 and 27) and the whole mitochondrial genome excluding the control region (n = 19 and 29). Despite an increase in","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2026-04-07T21:05:10.613Z","creation":"2025-04-04T13:08:00.497Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9858670","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36672816"],"doi":["10.3390/genes14010075"]}}