The rediscovery of the Italian roe deer: Genetic differentiation and management implications

摘要: Abstract Genetic diversity and differentiation were assessed in 12 populations of roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, from Italy, through examination restriction fragment length polymorphism two segments the mitochondrial genome, D‐loop NADH dehydrogenase 1, analysis 13 microsatellite loci. Both methods yielded concordant results provided evidence for existence genetically distinct lineages deer Italian peninsula. One lineage occurs Alpine arc, whilst other is found those central‐southern where subspecies C. c. italicus had been previously proposed. This southern could have a more ancient origin or, alternatively, diverged as consequence movements southwards during Late Pleistocene. The unexpected rediscovery dense Tuscany marks them most suitable source reintroductions into very large a...