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欧亚水人口扩大中的有效人口规模的时空空间变化

Nia Evelyn Thomas¹, Elizabeth A Chadwick¹, Michael W Bruford¹

¹Organisms and Environment, School of Biosciences and Water Research Institute Cardiff University Wales UK.

Evolutionary applications

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概括

保护工作增加了欧亚海的数量,但遗传分析显示,过去人口瓶的影响仍然存在. 实际种群规模 (Ne) 仍然很低,这挑战了英国鱼种群完全恢复的假设.

科学领域:

人口遗传学人口遗传学
保护生物学保护生物学
野生动物管理管理

背景情况:

保护工作导致了危物种的人口复苏和范围扩大,例如英国的欧亚 (Lutra lutra).
过去的人口瓶可以减少有效的人口规模 (Ne) 和遗传多样性,即使在人口普查规模 (Nc) 恢复时,也会影响长期生存能力.
国家水调查显示,水的数量越来越多,这表明其种群很强壮,但遗传健康需要进一步评估.

研究的目的:

评估英国欧亚水母人口普查规模 (Nc) 的增加是否反映了有效人口规模 (Ne) 的相应增加.
使用遗传数据检测Ne的最近变化,并评估Ne估计中的潜在偏差.
将遗传发现与现有人口调查数据进行比较,并为保护策略提供信息.

主要方法:

对来自英国欧亚水母 (1993-2014年,407只) 的大型微卫星数据集的分析.
应用BOTTLENECK和LDNe软件来检测最近Ne变化的信号.
从空间遗传结构和纳入混合基因型的偏差的评估.

主要成果:

在英格兰东部发现了明显的瓶信号,一些分析显示威尔士和英格兰西南部的人口扩张.
忽视空间遗传结构的分析产生了全英国扩张的虚假信号,并低估了Ne.
各地区的总Ne显著低于被认为是长期人口生存所必需的500个个体.

结论:

遗传证据与调查数据相矛盾,这表明英国鱼种群强壮,泛滥.
过去的人口瓶有持久的遗传影响,Ne估计对分析方法敏感.
对于危或正在恢复的物种来说,基因监测至关重要,以准确评估人口健康状况并指导保护.

关键词:

欧亚地区的水.卢特拉·卢特拉·卢特拉 (Lutra lutra) 是一个实际人口规模实际人口规模基因监测遗传监测遗传监测人口瓶人口瓶人口恢复人口恢复.

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