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Sequence analysis of the mtDNA cytochrome b gene (974 bp) was performed using 139 roe deer specimens from different regions of the European part of Russia and Ukraine. The data obtained showed that, at present, both European and Siberian roe deer inhabit this part of the range with predominance of the later: about 60% of individuals carry various Siberian haplotypes, most of which are similar to those in the populations of Capreolus pygargus from the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East. A great variety of mtDNA haplotypes of Siberian roe deer in Eastern Europe is undoubtedly caused by the heterogeneity of founder individuals (immigrants) that were imported from different parts of Asia. Some problems of coexistence of closely related species are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © N.V. Kashinina, A.A. Danilkin, E.Y. Zvychaynaya, M.V. Kholodova, V.M. Kiryakulov, 2018, published in Genetika, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 7.
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Kashinina, N.V., Danilkin, A.A., Zvychaynaya, E.Y. et al. On the Gene Pool of Roe Deer (Capreolus) of Eastern Europe: Analysis of the Cyt b Gene Sequence Variability. Russ J Genet 54, 825–831 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795418070049
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