Range-Wide Snow Leopard Phylogeography Supports Three Subspecies

doi:10.1093/jhered/esx044

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	Range-Wide Snow Leopard Phylogeography Supports Three Subspecies
	Janecka, Jan E. ; Zhang, Yuguang ; Li, Diqiang ; Munkhtsog, Bariushaa ; Bayaraa, Munkhtsog ; Galsandorj, Naranbaatar ; Wangchuk, Tshewang R. ; Karmacharya, Dibesh ; Li, Juan ; Lu, Zhi ; Uulu, Kubanychbek Zhumabai ; Gaur, Ajay ; Kumar, Satish ; Kumar, Kesav ; Hussain, Shafqat ; Muhammad, Ghulam ; Jevit, Matthew ; Hacker, Charlotte ; Burger, Pamela ; Wultsch, Claudia ; Janecka, Mary J. ; Helgen, Kristofer ; Murphy, William J. ; Jackson, Rodney
刊名	JOURNAL OF HEREDITY
	2017
关键词	Asia genetics microsatellites Panthera uncia phylogeography snow leopard subspecies WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION CAT FELIS-CATUS TIBETAN PLATEAU CONSERVATION GENETICS POPULATION EXPANSION CLIMATE-CHANGE PUMA-CONCOLOR NATIONAL-PARK R-PACKAGE DIVERSITY
DOI	10.1093/jhered/esx044
英文摘要	The snow leopard, Panthera uncia, is an elusive high-altitude specialist that inhabits vast, inaccessible habitat across Asia. We conducted the first range-wide genetic assessment of snow leopards based on noninvasive scat surveys. Thirty-three microsatellites were genotyped and a total of 683 bp of mitochondrial DNA sequenced in 70 individuals. Snow leopards exhibited low genetic diversity at microsatellites (A(N) = 5.8, H-O = 0.433, H-E = 0.568), virtually no mtDNA variation, and underwent a bottleneck in the Holocene (similar to 8000 years ago) coinciding with increased temperatures, precipitation, and upward treeline shift in the Tibetan Plateau. Multiple analyses supported 3 primary genetic clusters: (1) Northern (the Altai region), (2) Central (core Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau), and (3) Western (Tian Shan, Pamir, trans-Himalaya regions). Accordingly, we recognize 3 subspecies, Panthera uncia irbis (Northern group), Panthera uncia uncia (Western group), and Panthera uncia uncioides (Central group) based upon genetic distinctness, low levels of admixture, unambiguous population assignment, and geographic separation. The patterns of variation were consistent with desert-basin "barrier effects" of the Gobi isolating the northern subspecies (Mongolia), and the trans-Himalaya dividing the central (Qinghai, Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal) and western subspecies (India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan). Hierarchical Bayesian clustering analysis revealed additional subdivision into a minimum of 6 proposed management units: western Mongolia, southern Mongolia, Tian Shan, Pamir-Himalaya, Tibet-Himalaya, and Qinghai, with spatial autocorrelation suggesting potential connectivity by dispersing individuals up to similar to 400 km. We provide a foundation for global conservation of snow leopard subspecies, and set the stage for in-depth landscape genetics and genomic studies.; National Geographic Society [8369-07]; Snow Leopard Conservancy [G1400042]; Britten Foundation [12121, 11104]; Larry Bowman Foundation [16092, 14031]; College of Veterinary Medicine of Texas AM University; Snow Leopard Conservation Grants Program [120808, G1500042]; Duquesne University; NSF [EF0629849]; University of Montana; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India [BSC0207]; Department of Biotechnology, India [GAP0374]; SCI(E); ARTICLE; 6; 597-607; 108
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/471227]
专题	生命科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Janecka, Jan E.,Zhang, Yuguang,Li, Diqiang,et al. Range-Wide Snow Leopard Phylogeography Supports Three Subspecies[J]. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY,2017.
APA	Janecka, Jan E..,Zhang, Yuguang.,Li, Diqiang.,Munkhtsog, Bariushaa.,Bayaraa, Munkhtsog.,...&Jackson, Rodney.(2017).Range-Wide Snow Leopard Phylogeography Supports Three Subspecies.JOURNAL OF HEREDITY.
MLA	Janecka, Jan E.,et al."Range-Wide Snow Leopard Phylogeography Supports Three Subspecies".JOURNAL OF HEREDITY (2017).