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Gaur, Ajay
- Neutral and Adaptive Genetic Variation in Indian Snow Leopards, Panthera uncia
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1 Oceanographic Research Institute, South African Association for Marine Biological Research, 1 King Shaka Avenue, Point, Durban 4001 KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
2 Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, Zoology, University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, DE
3 Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Annexe I, Attapur Ring Road, Hyderabad 500 048, IN
4 CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, IN
5 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201 002, IN
1 Oceanographic Research Institute, South African Association for Marine Biological Research, 1 King Shaka Avenue, Point, Durban 4001 KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
2 Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, Zoology, University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, DE
3 Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Annexe I, Attapur Ring Road, Hyderabad 500 048, IN
4 CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, IN
5 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201 002, IN
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Current Science, Vol 125, No 2 (2023), Pagination: 204-209Abstract
In this study, we reveal patterns of genetic variation in snow leopards (Panthera uncia) by combining neutral (mtDNA, microsatellites) and adaptive (MHC II-DRB) genes. We collected 56 faecal samples from three locations in India. We observed moderate levels of microsatellite diversity (N = 32; A = 5.6; HO = 0.559). Nine unique MHC II-DRB sequences were identified in four snow leopard samples, of which 8 were novel. We found low levels of polymorphism in MHC class II-DRB exon, which was higher in captive (VA = 9.4%) compared to wild individuals (VA = 7.8%), likely as a result of a population bottleneckKeywords
Adaptive Evolution, Balancing Selection, Captive Breeding, Genetic Diversity, Major Histocompatibility Complex.Full Text
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