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Gene Pool Homogeneity of Western and Eastern Populations of the White-Naped Crane Antigone vipio in Different Flyways

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The article presents the first data on the genetic structure of the White-naped crane Antigone vipio, a rare migratory bird species of Northeast Asia. Based on the analysis of seven polymorphic microsatellite loci and full-lengh mitochondrial DNA Control Region sequencing (1132 bp), the genetic homogeneity of spatially separated western and eastern populations was established. The found high levels of observed (HO = 0.696 ± 0.033) and expected (HE = 0.707 ± 0.037) heterozygosity and haplotype diversity (Hd = 0.973) of the White-naped crane were comparable to these parameters in wide-range crane species with a large population sizes. Lack of genetic differentiation by microsatellite loci (FST = 0.013, P = 0.369), the low level of genetic differences by the Control Region (FST = 0.041, P = 0.05), and generally low level of intraspecific spatial structuring in the White-naped crane by haplotypes and individual multilocus genotypes may be due to the absence of reproductive isolation between individuals from different populations and changes in the migration routes of immature birds.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank E.Yu. Gavrikova and N.V. Kuznetsova for providing biological material from White-naped cranes kept at Reintroduction Station of Rare Birds of Khingan State Nature Reserve.

Funding

The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant no. 17-04-01287, the state task 0112-2019-0001, and also with partial support of the International Research and Production Program of the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums “Conservation of Cranes of Eurasia” (2012–2019 and 2021).

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  1. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Mudrik, A. V. Nechaeva & D. V. Politov

  2. Daursky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, 674495, Nizhny Tsasuchey, Zabaykalsky krai, Russia

    O. A. Goroshko

  3. Institute of Nature Resources, Ecology, and Cryology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 672014, Chita, Russia

    O. A. Goroshko

  4. Federal Scientific Center of Biodiversity of the East Asia Terrestrial Biota, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

    S. G. Surmach

  5. Oka Crane Breeding Center, Oka State Nature Biosphere Reserve, 391072, Brykin Bor, Ryazan oblast, Russia

    T. A. Kashentseva

  6. Muraviovka Park for Sustainable Land Use, 676964, Muraviovka, Amur oblast, Russia

    S. M. Smirenski

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Mudrik, E.A., Goroshko, O.A., Surmach, S.G. et al. Gene Pool Homogeneity of Western and Eastern Populations of the White-Naped Crane Antigone vipio in Different Flyways. Russ J Genet 58, 566–575 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795422050064

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