Intraspecific variation in mitochondrial DNA of muskoxen, based on control-region sequences
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The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is thought to have experienced significant genetic bottlenecks. Despite these bottlenecks, two subspecies of muskox, O. m. wardi and O. m. moschatus, have been commonly accepted, based on morphological differences and geographic separation. The reintroduction of muskoxen to Alaska from Greenland has created a situation in which the proposed subspecies might meet and interbreed as the Alaskan (O. m. wardi) and mainland Canadian (O. m. moschatus) populations expand their ranges. To attempt to define subspecific differences and investigate the appropriateness of potential interbreeding of Alaskan and Canadian mainland muskoxen, control-region sequences of mitochondrial DNA were compared among 37 muskoxen. Extremely little variation was found among all the muskoxen sampled. These results do not allow definition of muskox subspecies and suggest that the different populations may already have mixed. The low levels of variability further support historical and archaeological evidence of repeated bottlenecks throughout the history of the 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 [30]
The mitochondrial sequence comparisons do not allow definition of muskox subspecies.
“do not allow definition of muskox subspecies30.”
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 [30]
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- Groves, P.
- Corresponding author
- Groves, Pamela
- ORCID
- Groves, Pamela
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Publisher
- Canadian Science Publishing
- Published
- 1997-04-01
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 568-575
- ISSN
- 0008-4301 (ISSN-L)
- 1480-3283
- OpenAlex
- W2132998509
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1
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- 0.38
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of Zoology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Keywords
- Ovibos moschatus, mitochondrial DNA, control region, intraspecific genetic variation, subspecies, population bottleneck, interbreeding, reintroduction, population genetics
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