No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer.
Data on spatial genetic patterns may provide information about the ecological and behavioural mechanisms underlying population structure. Indeed, social organization and dispersal patterns of species may be reflected by the pattern of genetic structure within a population.We investigated the fine-sc...
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doaj-dbb70221f96b492d823824b69ca7f6d22020-11-24T21:50:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-12-01512e1443610.1371/journal.pone.0014436No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer.Nadège BonnotJean-Michel GaillardAurélie CoulonMaxime GalanJean-François CossonDaniel DelormeFrançois KleinA J Mark HewisonData on spatial genetic patterns may provide information about the ecological and behavioural mechanisms underlying population structure. Indeed, social organization and dispersal patterns of species may be reflected by the pattern of genetic structure within a population.We investigated the fine-scale spatial genetic structure of a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) population in Trois-Fontaines (France) using 12 microsatellite loci. The roe deer is weakly polygynous and highly sedentary, and can form matrilineal clans. We show that relatedness among individuals was negatively correlated with geographic distance, indicating that spatially proximate individuals are also genetically close. More unusually for a large mammalian herbivore, the link between relatedness and distance did not differ between the sexes, which is consistent with the lack of sex-biased dispersal and the weakly polygynous mating system of roe deer.Our results contrast with previous reports on highly polygynous species with male-biased dispersal, such as red deer, where local genetic structure was detected in females only. This divergence between species highlights the importance of socio-spatial organization in determining local genetic structure of vertebrate populations.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3010998?pdf=render |
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Nadège Bonnot Jean-Michel Gaillard Aurélie Coulon Maxime Galan Jean-François Cosson Daniel Delorme François Klein A J Mark Hewison No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. PLoS ONE |
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Nadège Bonnot Jean-Michel Gaillard Aurélie Coulon Maxime Galan Jean-François Cosson Daniel Delorme François Klein A J Mark Hewison |
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No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. |
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No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. |
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No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. |
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No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. |
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No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. |
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no difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer. |
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Data on spatial genetic patterns may provide information about the ecological and behavioural mechanisms underlying population structure. Indeed, social organization and dispersal patterns of species may be reflected by the pattern of genetic structure within a population.We investigated the fine-scale spatial genetic structure of a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) population in Trois-Fontaines (France) using 12 microsatellite loci. The roe deer is weakly polygynous and highly sedentary, and can form matrilineal clans. We show that relatedness among individuals was negatively correlated with geographic distance, indicating that spatially proximate individuals are also genetically close. More unusually for a large mammalian herbivore, the link between relatedness and distance did not differ between the sexes, which is consistent with the lack of sex-biased dispersal and the weakly polygynous mating system of roe deer.Our results contrast with previous reports on highly polygynous species with male-biased dispersal, such as red deer, where local genetic structure was detected in females only. This divergence between species highlights the importance of socio-spatial organization in determining local genetic structure of vertebrate populations. |
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