Abstract
We find no genetic variation at 550bp ofmtDNA control region among 55 Hainan Eld's deerin an island population that has sufferedrecent population contractions. Congenericspecies show high levels of variation at thislocus. We use a simulation approach to test thelikelihood of various bottleneck scenarios, andshow, in the context of what is known about therecent demographic history of this population,that there are credible scenarios for abottleneck driven by hunting pressure in the1960s that could account for the lack ofvariation at this locus.
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Pang, J., Hoelzel, A.R., Song, Y. et al. Lack of mtDNA control region variation in Hainan Eld's deer: Consequence of a recent population bottleneck?. Conservation Genetics 4, 109–112 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021817925740
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