Open AccessLimited Heredity Diversity of the Critically Endangered Guizhou Golden Monkeys
Author(s) -
Siwei Wang,
Jiang Zhou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research in ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2661-3379
DOI - 10.30564/re.v3i2.3390
Subject(s) - critically endangered , endangered species , genetic diversity , habitat destruction , biology , population , primate , habitat fragmentation , zoology , ecology , disturbance (geology) , national park , habitat , geography , demography , paleontology , sociology
Guizhou golden monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi) was a unique, endangered and endemic primate species in Guizhou Province. It was an isolated population caused by habitat loss and fragmentation due to the human disturbance in the recently 30 years in China, only distributed in Fanjingshan National Natural Reserve, Guizhou Province. To know the background with demonic population structure, we sequenced 867 bp of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop from 312 fresh fecal samples, results showed there 11 haplotypes among these samples, h was 0.517, π was 0.00413. It indicated that this species had the lowest genetic diversity among four golden monkeys in China and need strengthen the conversation concern for this species immediately.