Genetic variability and differentiation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L) of Central Europe

Allozyme variability and differentiation in Serbian roe deer populationsCapreolus capreolus

“…It is confirmed by values of è (F ST coefficient) obtained in this work, which are lower than the values given by Hartl et al (1993) for the roe deer populations of Bulgaria. Other authors obtained somewhat higher values for populations within a wide range of spatial scales (Lorenzini et al 1993, 1996, Hartl and Reimoser 1988, Hartl et al 1991. Though the genetic differences among the populations in this study are small and the extent of gene flow does not suggest significant independence of local populations, it is worthy to notice that some of local populations contributed apparently to the level of gene flow.…”

“…The proportion of polymorphic loci and average gene diversity of the populations of northern Serbia, ie southern part of Pannonian Plain, correspond to the data reported for the populations of Hungary, which is the closest neighboring area (Ernhaft, 1995(Ernhaft, , 1996Hartl et al 1991Hartl et al , 1993. For certain population pairs of Serbian roe deer, significant differences of heterozygosity are most probably caused by differences in local effective population size (see Appendix).…”

“…Excluding one population from Slovenia (Hartl et al 1991), three populations from central Serbia (Miloševiae-Zlatanoviae et al 1994) and five from north-eastern Serbia (Miloševiae-Zlatanoviae et al 1997) the whole range of the roe deer in the former Yugoslavia remains insufficiently investigated. In a game species, management-related factors can alter population structure and effective population size with resulting consequences on the amount of inbreeding and genetic drift (Smith et al 1986, Ryman et al 1977.…”

“…However, it is also clear that the final pattern of the distribution of genetic variability can be strongly affected by many geographic, historical and demographic factors, as well as by those related to breeding structure, dispersal and the influence of anthropogenic factors (Fakler and Schreiber 1997, Lorenzini et al 1997, Hartl et al 1998. Recently, these studies have been expanded to include phylogeography across the distribution range in Europe using autosomal microsatellite loci (Randi et al 2004) and mtDNA control regions Tiedemann 1998, Randi et al 2004), while genetic differentiation using mtDNA markers has been studied by Markov and Chassovnikarova (1998).Excluding one population from Slovenia (Hartl et al 1991), three populations from central Serbia (Miloševiae-Zlatanoviae et al 1994) and five from north-eastern Serbia (Miloševiae-Zlatanoviae et al 1997) the whole range of the roe deer in the former Yugoslavia remains insufficiently investigated. In a game species, management-related factors can alter population structure and effective population size with resulting consequences on the amount of inbreeding and genetic drift (Smith et al 1986, Ryman et al 1977.…”

Differentiation of European roe deer populations and ecotypes in Lithuania based on DNA markers, cranium and antler morphometry

“…Through their ability to adapt to a broad range of environmental gradients, roe deer possess high levels of genetic diversity (Hartl et al 1991. The genetic differentiation in roe deer is mainly affected by evolutionary history, social behaviour, hunting pressure, urbanization and environmental variation (e.g.…”