Mitochondrial DNA diversity and the population genetic structure of contemporary roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Europe

Plis, Kamila; Niedziałkowska, Magdalena; Borowik, Tomasz; Lang, Johannes; Heddergott, Mike; Tiainen, Juha; Bunevich, Aleksey; Šprem, Nikica; Paule, Ladislav; Данилкин, А. А.; Холодова, М. В.; Zvychaynaya, Elena; Kashinina, Nadezhda; Pokorny, Boštjan; Flajšman, Katarina; Paulauskas, Algimantas; Djan, Mihajla; Ristić, Zoran; Novák, Luboš; Kusza, Szilvia; Miller, Christine; Tsaparis, Dimitris; Stoyanov, Stoyan V.; Shkvyria, Maryna; Suchentrunk, Franz; Kutal, Miroslav; Lavadinović, Vukan; Šnjegota, Dragana; Krapal, Ana-Maria; Dănilă, Gabriel; Veeroja, Rauno; Dulko, Elżbieta; Jędrzejewska, Bogumiła

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“…In the case of mtDNA, introgression of Siberian Roe Deer mtDNA-which occurred in the past as a result of both natural and human-induced processes-had a major impact on genetic diversity values in the eastern range of the European Roe Deer (Plis et al 2022a(Plis et al , 2022b. The high occurrence of the Siberian mtDNA clade in the populations in eastern Europe was not detected as a separate genetic population in the analyses of nuclear markers (microsatellites), although we found traces of past hybridization between the 2 species.…”

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“…The lowest values of genetic diversity were found in roe deer sites from the northern and southernmost peripheral areas of Europe. Also, the study by Plis et al (2022aPlis et al ( , 2022b showed that the fennoscandian population of roe deer had some of the lowest mtDNA diversity in Europe. Low genetic diversity (of both nuclear and mtDNA loci) of populations inhabiting Fennoscandia has been recorded in several other mammal species, such as Red Deer (Zachos et al 2016), Moose (Niedziałkowska et al 2014(Niedziałkowska et al , 2016a, and Bank Vole (Marková et al 2020).…”

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“…Not many studies have investigated the genetic diversity of European Roe Deer at a continental scale, and all have focused on maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA; Lorenzini et al 2014;Plis et al 2022aPlis et al , 2022b. To date, nuclear DNA (such as microsatellite DNA) of the species was studied only at the local or regional level (e.g.…”

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“…Three clades and several haplogroups of mtDNA were revealed in Europe (Randi et al 2004;Lorenzini et al 2014;Plis et al 2022a). The main factors that shaped mtDNA genetic diversity and population structure of the species were the Quaternary climatic oscillations, postglacial recolonization, and hybridization with the Siberian Roe Deer (Matosiuk et al 2014;Plis et al 2022aPlis et al , 2022b. Through hybridization during the Younger Dryas (10,800 to 10,000 BP)-when their ranges overlapped naturally over larger areas (Matosiuk et al 2014)-as well as through translocations of Siberian Roe Deer into the range of C. capreolus by humans in the 19th and 20th centuries (Danilkin 1996(Danilkin , 2014Scandura et al 2014;Plis 2023), many C. capreolus individuals inhabiting eastern and central Europe (mainly eastern Poland, Belarus, Baltic States, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, and the European part of Russia) possess mtDNA of C. pygargus (Plis et al 2022a(Plis et al , 2022b.…”

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Genetic diversity and complex structure of the European Roe Deer population at a continental scale

Niedziałkowska,

Plis,

Marczuk

et al. 2023

Journal of Mammalogy

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Although the European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is one of the most common and widespread ungulate species in Europe and inhabiting a variety of habitats, few studies have addressed its population structure at a large spatial scale using nuclear genetic data. The aims of our study were to: (i) investigate genetic diversity, level of admixture, and genetic structure across European Roe Deer populations; (ii) identify barriers to gene flow; and (iii) reveal factors that have impacted the observed pattern of population genetic structure. Using 12 microsatellite loci, we analyzed 920 European Roe Deer samples from 16 study sites from northern, southern, central, and eastern Europe. The highest genetic diversity was found in central and eastern sites, and lowest in the northern and southern sites. There were 2 main groups of genetically related populations in the study area—one inhabiting mainly Fennoscandia, and the second in the continental part of Europe. This second population was further divided into 3 to 5 spatially distributed genetic clusters. European Roe Deer belonging to the Siberian mitochondrial DNA clade, inhabiting large parts of eastern Europe, were not identified as a separate population in the analysis of microsatellite loci. No isolation by distance (IBD) was detected between roe deer from the fennoscandian and the continental study sites, but the Baltic Sea was inferred to be the main barrier to gene flow. Only weak IBD was revealed within the continental population. Three lower-level genetic barriers were detected in the western, southern, and eastern parts of the study area. The main factors inferred as shaping the observed genetic diversity and population structure of European Roe Deer were postglacial recolonization, admixture of different populations of the species originating from several Last Glacial Maximum refugial areas, and isolation of several study sites.

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“…Such studies also help track their migration routes in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and Holocene (e.g., Campos et al, 2010;Baca et al, 2012;Lagerholm et al, 2014;Doan et al, 2018). Data from palaeogenetic and phylogeographic studies allow for a deeper and more accurate taxonomic identification of Pleistocene mammals, which have so far been analysed using only morphological approaches (Niedziałkowska, 2017;Rekovets and Kovalchuk, 2017;Baca et al, 2019Baca et al, , 2020Kovalchuk et al, 2021;Stefaniak et al, 2021Stefaniak et al, , 2022Doan et al, 2022;Marciszak et al, 2022;Plis et al, 2022;Ratajczak-Skrzatek et al, 2022 and many others).…”

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Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis

Rabiniak

Rekovets

Stewart

et al. 2023

Palaeontol Electron

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Pikas were among small mammals that inhabited mammoth steppes during the last glacial. The evolutionary history of ochotonids in Europe is relatively well studied, although the taxonomic status of many described forms remains ambiguous, and the majority of extant species of the genus Ochotona are poorly represented in the fossil record. The present study aims to analyse the taxonomic relationships of a sample of Late Pleistocene-Holocene pikas based on mtDNA data and to clarify the status of the species described from Europe. A phylogenetic analysis has revealed that pikas form two large clades: one includes O. pusilla and the other includes the extant Asian and North American species. The study of haplotypes has shown similar results. The analysis supports the view that in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene O. pusilla was distributed throughout Europe, and its geographic range has contracted to the east until reaching its modern limits. The analysis of samples provided evidence that O. pusilla had survived in Eastern Europe until relatively recently and disappeared only about 150 years ago. The molecular data inferred from mtDNA do not support the species status of O. spelaea, despite morphological differences possibly related to the particular ecology of the Late Pleistocene.

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Roe Deer, Lithuania’s Smallest and Most Abundant Cervid

Balčiauskas

2024

Forests

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A review of 113 scientific and other publications on the smallest and most abundant deer in Lithuania, the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), is presented, along with an analysis based on compound annual population growth rates of population numbers, hunting bags, and roadkill. This review covers the species’ history in the country from the last glaciation onwards, the changes in numbers from 1934 to 2023, hunting bag changes from 1965 to 2022, roadkill numbers from 2002 to 2022, data on roe deer reproduction, habitat selection, genetic diversity, pathogens, and damage to forest stands. It also provides an overview of species management and selection for trophies. Despite the exponential increase in roe deer numbers since 1990 and the dominance of this species in roadkill, even on urban roads, the number and density of animals and the damage they cause to forest stands are relatively low compared to other European countries. Within the observed period, drops in numbers were related to harsh winters in 1969/1970 and 1995/1996. Poaching, especially coinciding with weakened enforcement during the period of political–economic transition in the early 1990s, has also had a negative impact on population numbers, as have recent increases in the number of large predators. Population growth over the recent period does not correlate with hunting mortality, which has remained stable at an average of 16.9% since 2002.

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Mitochondrial DNA diversity and the population genetic structure of contemporary roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Europe

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Genetic diversity and complex structure of the European Roe Deer population at a continental scale

Genetic diversity and complex structure of the European Roe Deer population at a continental scale

Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis

Roe Deer, Lithuania’s Smallest and Most Abundant Cervid

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