Altai wolf phylogeography (Canis lupus L.) studied by microsatellite markers |
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| Authors: | E. A. Vorobyevskaya S. N. Baldina |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department Chair of Biogeography, Faculty of Geography,Moscow State University,Moscow,Russia;2.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | The taxonomic positions, origin, and kinship of various forms of the Altai gray wolf remain debatable. A protocol for simple sequence repeat analysis, which is among the basic tools in phylogeographical studies, has been developed and tested. The study was conducted with 97 gray wolf (Canis lupus L.) individuals from populations inhabiting the plain-steppe, foothill forest-steppe, and mountain-taiga ecotopes of Altai Krai and the Altai Republic. The SSR loci chosen as molecular markers are highly efficient. The results confirm that the forest-steppe Altai gray wolf population is a part of the mountain-taiga population. |
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