著者

MAHMUT Halik GANZORIG Sumiya ONUMA Manabu MASUDA Ryuichi SUZUKI Masatsugu OHTAISHI Noriyuki

出版者

The Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine

雑誌

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research (ISSN:00471917)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.49, no.3, pp.231-237, 2001-11-30

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To evaluate the genetic diversity of the Xinjiang Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis) population, we analyzed the frequencies of microsatellite alleles. Samples were collected from 3 isolated populations in Xaya, Lopnur and Qarqan of Xinjiang. Although 10 microsatellite loci were examined, alleles of 133 to 190 base-pairs were detected for only 3 loci : BM5004, BM4208 and BM888. The average observed multilocus heterozygosity was 0.08±0.04 for the Xaya, 0 for the Lopnur, and 0.17±0.08 for the Qarqan population. The average heterozygosity of all populations was 0.08±0.02. The observed heterozygosities were significantly lower than the expected values. The present results suggest that the bottleneck effect has occurred in the populations of the Xinjiang Tarim red deer.