Phylogeography and founder effect of the endangered Corsican red deer ( Cervus elaphus corsicanus )

摘要: Red deer (n = 149) from eight geographical locations, including the endangered endemic populations Tyrrhenian islands (Sardinia and Corsica), were analysed at polymorphic microsatellite loci. Two questions addressed: (1) Is there a founder effect in Corsican population, which was reintroduced to island using Sardinian after species’ extinction on Corsica? (2) What is origin of or red (Cervus elaphus corsicanus)? Our results showed signs for Corsica that these differentiation population as measured by FST values, assignment tests (with without priori definition populations) individual-based dendrograms. Genetic variability, however, did not differ significantly between two populations. With respect phylogeography C. e. corsicanus we found both North-Africa Mesola Italian mainland genetically close deer, but phylogenetic trees based genetic distances only poorly supported statistically. Among all studied lowest distance values yielded allele frequencies more similar those than North-African deer. These are line with recent palaeontological archaeozoological findings suggest derived small introduced Sardinia during Late Neolithic just before beginning Classical Antiquity, respectively. They also possible introduction (rather other way around), thus accounting relationship (especially mitochondrial DNA) has repeatedly been barbarus.