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Genetic passportization and identification of Siberian cranes (Grus leucogeranus Pallas) in captivity

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The genetic diversity of the founders of an artificial population of the Siberian crane Grus leucogeranus Pallas (rare species of cranes) was characterized using 10 microsatellite loci. It was established that the allelic diversity (on average, 5.9 alleles per locus) and genic (H O = 0.739) diversity of the Siberian crane is rather high and comparable with the estimations for natural populations of different crane species. Genetic passportization of the birds (119 individuals) from the register of the Siberian crane International Studbook was carried out at the initial stage. The efficiency of genetic passportization for individual identification, identification of the origin, paternity analysis, and exclusion of inbreeding was demonstrated in Siberian cranes under natural mating and artificial insemination. Cases of natural reproduction in pairs of Siberian cranes imprinted to the human and continuous storage of spermatozoa in the female reproductive ducts were registered.

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  1. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 3, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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

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

    T. A. Kashentseva

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Mudrik, T.A. Kashentseva, E.A. Gamburg, D.V. Politov, 2014, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2014, No. 3, pp. 219–227.

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Mudrik, E.A., Kashentseva, T.A., Gamburg, E.A. et al. Genetic passportization and identification of Siberian cranes (Grus leucogeranus Pallas) in captivity. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 41, 208–215 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359014030078

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