Low genetic variation in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from western Greenland using microsatellites
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Muskoxen are large herbivores living in Arctic environments. Lack of genetic variation in allozymes has made it difficult to study the social and genetic structure of this species. In this study, we have tried to find polymorphic microsatellite loci using both cattle‐derived microsatellite primers and primers developed from a genomic plasmid library of muskoxen. Only limited variation was found for both sets of microsatellite loci. We conclude that this consistent low genetic variation is probably due to demographic features of the muskoxen populations rather than to methodological constraints caused by the transfer of microsatellites between species.
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The muskox underwent multiple population bottlenecks, which have resulted in contemporary populations having very low genetic diversity.
“the muskox underwent multiple population bottlenecks, which have resulted in contemporary populations having very low genetic diversity9,28–30”
From Chromosomal-level reference genome assembly of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) from Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, a resource for conservation genomics (2024) · cites this paper as [28]
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- Authors
- Holm, L. ‐., Forchhammer, M. C., & Boomsma, J. J.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Holm, L.‐E.
- Venue
- Molecular Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-04
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 675-679
- ISSN
- 0962-1083 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-294X
- OpenAlex
- W1922043789
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Molecular Ecology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
- Keywords
- Ovibos moschatus, genetic variation, microsatellite markers, polymorphism, population genetics, demographic history, West Greenland
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cattle, Female, Genetics, Population, Greenland, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Species Specificity, Genetic Variation, Gene Library, Polymerase Chain Reaction, DNA Primers, Microsatellite Repeats
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