Introduced, Mixed, and Peripheral: Conservation of Mitochondrial-DNA Lineages in the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa L.) Population in the Urals
Markov N.I. Ranyuk M.N. Babaev E.A. Seryodkin I.V. Senchik A.V. Bykova E.A. Esipov A.V. Nurtazin S.T. Pavlova O.S. Matrosova V.A.
November 2022MDPI
Diversity
2022#14Issue 11
Translocations and introductions are important events that allow organisms to overcome natural barriers. The genetic background of colonization success and genetic consequences of the establishment of populations in new environments are of great interest for predicting species’ colonization success. The wild boar has been introduced into many parts of the world. We analyzed sequences of the mitochondrial-DNA control region in the wild boars introduced into the Ural region and compared them with sequences from founder populations (from Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Far East). We found that the introduced population has high genetic diversity. Haplotypes from all the major phylogenetic clades were detected in the analyzed group of the animals from the Urals. In this group, no haplotypes identical to Far Eastern sequences were detectable despite a large number of founders from that region. The contribution of lineages originating from Eastern Europe was greater than expected from the proportions (%) of European and Asian animals in the founder populations. This is the first study on the genetic diversity and structure of a wild boar population of mixed origin at the northern periphery of this species’ geographical range.
colonization , D-loop , founder population , haplotype diversity , translocation , wild boar
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Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Marta 202a, Ekaterinburg, 620142, Russian Federation
Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magomeda Gadzhieva 45, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala, 367000, Russian Federation
Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Radio 7, Vladivostok, 690041, Russian Federation
Deparment of International Affairs, Moscow International University, Leningradsky Prospect 17, Moscow, 125040, Russian Federation
Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Bagishamol Str. 232b, Tashkent, 100053, Uzbekistan
Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Prospect al-Farabi 71, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology
Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources
Pacific Geographical Institute
Deparment of International Affairs
Institute of Zoology
Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources
Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology
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