Genetic signature of blind reintroductions of Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) in Catalonia, Northeast Spain
Barros, Tânia (Universidade de Aveiro. Departamento de Biologia & Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar)
Fernandes, Joana M. (Universidade de Aveiro. Departamento de Biologia & Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar)
Ferreira, Eduardo (Universidade de Aveiro. Departamento de Biologia & Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar)
Carvalho, João (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Valldeperes, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge)
Lavín González, Santiago (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Fonseca, Carlos (ForestWISE-Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest & Fire Management, Vila Real, Portugal)
Ruiz-Olmo, Jordi (Dirección General de Ecosistemas Forestales y Gestión del Medio)
Serrano Ferron, Emmanuel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)

Data:	2022
Resum:	The Iberian ibex is one of the most singular species of the Iberian Peninsula. Throughout the years, this species suffered several threats which led the population to its decline. Many reintroductions and translocations were made, however, none of those actions took into account the genetic patterns of both reintroduced individuals and the target populations. In this paper, we explored the genetic traits of three populations of Iberian ibex in Catalonia, which experienced blind reintroductions in past years: The populations of Iberian ibex from Els Ports de Tortosa i Beseit National Game Reserve (TBNGR), Montserrat Natural Park (Monserrat) and Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter Natural Park (Montgrí) Based on the genetic patterns of the three populations coupled with the absence of genetic introgression with domestic goats-inferred using mitochondrial and nuclear markers-we propose that these should be regarded as two different management units: TBNGR coupled with Montserrat, and Montgrí. Montserrat population should be targeted as a population model for ecology and evolution studies. Although we did not detect evidences of recent bottleneck events, this population seems to be monomorphic for the mtDNA haplotype. Our results suggest that the blind reintroductions from TBNGR to Montserrat failed on maximizing the genetic diversity of the latter. We enhance the importance of genetic monitoring of both the source population and the selected individuals to be re-introduced. We conclude that the three studied population of Iberian ibex must be monitored to explore which strategy would be advantageous for maintaining the genetic diversity. On the other hand, TBNGR should be monitored to assess the existence of its singular genetic variation, where stochastic events could preserve this lost genetic variation.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PD/BD/150645/2020. FCT/MCTES (National Funds) UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+LA/P/0094/2020, CESAM PORTUGAL 2020 (NORTE 2020), NORTE-06-3559-FCE-000045
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	PloS one, Vol. 17 (september 2022) , ISSN 1932-6203

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269873
PMID: 36129880

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