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Refinando el Registro Genealógico de la Grulla Americana Mediante la Incorporación de ADN Microsatélite y el Análisis de Agrupamientos
Author(s) -
Jones Kenneth L.,
Glenn Travis C.,
Lacy Robert C.,
Pierce James R.,
Unruh Natalie,
Mirande Claire M.,
ChavezRamirez Felipe
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00001.x
Subject(s) - microsatellite , pedigree chart , population , biology , genetics , endangered species , inbreeding , zoology , evolutionary biology , ecology , allele , demography , gene , habitat , sociology
We sought to refine genetic management of the endangered Whooping Crane ( Grus americana ) population by developing comprehensive genetic pedigrees for the captive population. Improvements to the studbook were accomplished by addition of pedigree information derived from leg‐banding data on wild juvenile and founder similarity coefficients calculated from microsatellite DNA profiles to the original studbook pedigree. Incorporation of pedigrees derived from data on leg‐banding of wild juveniles did not greatly alter the previous relatedness structure of the captive population, but incorporation of microsatellite similarity coefficients produced a substantially different view of the population structure. Microsatellite data provided new information on shared founder genotypes and provided a new DNA–based studbook pedigree that will assist in genetic management of the Whooping Crane population.