RT Journal Article
T1 50,000 years of genetic uniformity in the critically endangered Iberian lynx
A1 Rodríguez, Ricardo
A1 Ramírez, Oscar
A1 Valdiosera, Cristina E.
A1 García García, Nuria
A1 Alda, Fernando
A1 Madurell-Malapeira, Joan
A1 Marmi, Josep
A1 Doadrio, Ignacio
A1 Willerslev, Eske
A1 Götherström, Anders
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Thomas, Mark G.
A1 Lalueza-Fox, Carles
A1 Dalén, Love
AB Low genetic diversity in the endangered Iberian lynx, including lack of mitochondrial control region variation, is thought to result from historical or Pleistocene ⁄ Holocene population bottlenecks, and to indicate poor long-term viability. We find no variability in control region sequences from 19 Iberian lynx remains from across the Iberian Peninsula and spanning the last 50 000 years. This is best explained by continuously small female effective population size through time. We conclude that low genetic variability in the Iberian lynx is not in itself a threat to long-term viability, and so should not preclude conservation efforts.
PB Wiley
SN 0962-1083
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104854
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104854
LA eng
NO Received 2 April 2011 / Revision received 23 June 2011 / Accepted 1 July 2011 / First published: 22 August 2011© 2011 Blackwell Publishing LtdCorrespondence: Ricardo Rodrı´guez, Fax: + 34 91 822 28 55; E-mail: ricardo_eyre@yahoo.es
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 31 dic 2025