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Genetic Specificity of the Siberian Forest Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus valentinae Flerov, 1932) of the Kuznetsk Alatau

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This is the first study to show the genetic identity of the Altai-Sayan population of the forest reindeer of the Kuznetsk Alatau (Rangifer tarandus valentinae). The population is characterized by the existence of unique mitochondrial lines, the absence of signs of introgression of domestic rein deer mtDNA, as well as a low level of genetic diversity. In the sample studied, only two nucleotide substitutions (both of them transitions) were revealed, the nucleotide diversity (0.0015 ± 0.00136) was almost ten times lower than in most populations of wild reindeer in Russia and was comparable only with that of some wild reindeer populations of Norway and Svalbard. The haplotype diversity (h) was also relatively low (0.615 ± 0.102).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to I.G. Meshchersky and P.A. Sorokin for their help in laboratory studies.

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This study was supported by Program No. 17 “Biodiversity of Natural Systems and Biological Resources of Russia.” Genetic analysis was carried in the room for molecular diagnostic methods of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the “Instrumental Methods in Ecology” Center for Collective Use.

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  1. Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, 652870, Mezhdurechensk, Russia

    A. A. Vasilchenko

  2. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Kholodova, A. I. Baranova, S. V. Naidenko &  V. V. Rozhnov

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Vasilchenko, A.A., Kholodova, M.V., Baranova, A.I. et al. Genetic Specificity of the Siberian Forest Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus valentinae Flerov, 1932) of the Kuznetsk Alatau. Dokl Biol Sci 494, 255–259 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620050105

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