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Colonizing the High Arctic: Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Common Origin of Eurasian Archipelagic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

In light of current debates on global climate change it has become important to know more on how large, roaming species have responded to environmental change in the past. Using the highly variable mitochondrial control region, we revisit theories of Rangifer colonization and propose that the High A...

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Autores principales: Kvie, Kjersti S., Heggenes, Jan, Anderson, David G., Kholodova, Marina V., Sipko, Taras, Mizin, Ivan, Røed, Knut H.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5120779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27880778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165237
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author Kvie, Kjersti S.
Heggenes, Jan
Anderson, David G.
Kholodova, Marina V.
Sipko, Taras
Mizin, Ivan
Røed, Knut H.
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Anderson, David G.
Kholodova, Marina V.
Sipko, Taras
Mizin, Ivan
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description In light of current debates on global climate change it has become important to know more on how large, roaming species have responded to environmental change in the past. Using the highly variable mitochondrial control region, we revisit theories of Rangifer colonization and propose that the High Arctic archipelagos of Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, and Novaia Zemlia were colonized by reindeer from the Eurasian mainland after the last glacial maximum. Comparing mtDNA control region sequences from the three Arctic archipelagos showed a strong genetic connection between the populations, supporting a common origin in the past. A genetic connection between the three archipelagos and two Russian mainland populations was also found, suggesting colonization of the Eurasian high Arctic archipelagos from the Eurasian mainland. The age of the Franz Josef Land material (>2000 years before present) implies that Arctic indigenous reindeer colonized the Eurasian Arctic archipelagos through natural dispersal, before humans approached this region.
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spelling pubmed-51207792016-12-15 Colonizing the High Arctic: Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Common Origin of Eurasian Archipelagic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) Kvie, Kjersti S. Heggenes, Jan Anderson, David G. Kholodova, Marina V. Sipko, Taras Mizin, Ivan Røed, Knut H. PLoS One Research Article In light of current debates on global climate change it has become important to know more on how large, roaming species have responded to environmental change in the past. Using the highly variable mitochondrial control region, we revisit theories of Rangifer colonization and propose that the High Arctic archipelagos of Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, and Novaia Zemlia were colonized by reindeer from the Eurasian mainland after the last glacial maximum. Comparing mtDNA control region sequences from the three Arctic archipelagos showed a strong genetic connection between the populations, supporting a common origin in the past. A genetic connection between the three archipelagos and two Russian mainland populations was also found, suggesting colonization of the Eurasian high Arctic archipelagos from the Eurasian mainland. The age of the Franz Josef Land material (>2000 years before present) implies that Arctic indigenous reindeer colonized the Eurasian Arctic archipelagos through natural dispersal, before humans approached this region. Public Library of Science 2016-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5120779/ /pubmed/27880778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165237 Text en © 2016 Kvie et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Colonizing the High Arctic: Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Common Origin of Eurasian Archipelagic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
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title_full Colonizing the High Arctic: Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Common Origin of Eurasian Archipelagic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
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title_short Colonizing the High Arctic: Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Common Origin of Eurasian Archipelagic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
title_sort colonizing the high arctic: mitochondrial dna reveals common origin of eurasian archipelagic reindeer (rangifer tarandus)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5120779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27880778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165237
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