Population genetic structure of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

• Autorzy: Atterby H. , Allnutt T. R. , MacNicoll A. D. , Jones E. P. , Smith G. C.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is common and widely distributed within the UK. It is a carrier or potential carrier of numerous zoonotic diseases. Despite this, there are no published reports on the population genetics of foxes in Britain. In this study, we aim to provide an insight into recent historical movement of foxes within Britain, as well as a current assessment of the genetic diversity and gene flow within British populations. We used 14 microsatellite markers to analyse 501 red fox samples originating from England, southern Scotland and northern France. High genetic diversity was evident within the sample set as a whole and limited population genetic structure was present in British samples analysed. Notably, STRUCTURE analysis found support of four population clusters, one of which grouped two southern England sampling areas with the nearby French samples from Calais, indicating recent (post-formation of the Channel) mixing of British and French populations. This may coincide with reports of large-scale translocations of foxes into Britain during the nineteenth century for sport hunting. Other STRUCTURE populations may be related to geographic features or to cultural practices such as fox hunting. In addition, the two British urban populations analysed showed some degree of differentiation from their local rural counterparts.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 60
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.9-19,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Atterby H.

• Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ,UK

autor

Allnutt T. R.

• Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ,UK
• CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Australia

autor

MacNicoll A. D.

• Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ,UK

autor

Jones E. P.

• Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ,UK

autor

Smith G. C.

• Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ,UK
• National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK

Bibliografia

• Belkhir K, Borsa P, Chikhi L, Raufaste N, Bonhomme F (2004) GENETIX 4.05, Windows TM software for population genetics. Laboratoire Génome et Populations, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
• Bovill EW (1959) The England of Nimrod and Surtees 1815-1854. Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Brown SK, Hull JM, Updike DR, Fain SR, Ernest HB (2009) Black bear population genetics in California: signatures of population structure, competitive release, and historical translocation. J Mammal 90:1066–1074
• Brownstein MJ, Carpten JD, Smith JR (1996) Modulation of non-templated nucleotide addition by tag DNA polymerase: primer modifications that facilitate genotyping. Biotechniques 20:1004–1010
• Carr R (1976) English fox hunting: a history. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
• Earl DA, VonHoldt BM (2012) STRUCTURE HARVESTER: a website and program for visualizing STRUCTURE output and implementing the Evanno method. Conserv Genet Resour 4(2):359–361
• Edwards CJ, Soulsbury CD, Statham MJ, Ho SYW, Wall D, Dolf G, Iossa G, Baker PJ, Harris S, Sacks BN, Bradley DG (2012) Temporal genetic variation of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes, across western Europe and the British Isles. Quat Sci Rev 57:95–104 Central
• Evanno G, Regnaut S, Goudet J (2005) Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software STRUCTURE: a simulation study. Mol Ecol 14:2611–2620
• Excoffier L, Lischer HEL (2010) Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows. Mol Ecol Resour 10:564–567
• Francisco LV, Langston AA, Mellersh CS, Neal CL, Ostrander EA (1996) A class of highly polymorphic tetranucleotide repeats for canine genetic mapping. Mamm Genome 7:359–362
• Fredholm M, Wintero AK (1995) Variation of short tandem repeats within and between species belonging to the Canidae family. Mamm Genome 6:11–18
• Gachot-Neveu H, Lefevre P, Roeder JJ, Henry C, Poulle ML (2009) genetic detection of sex-biased and age-biased dispersal in a population of wild carnivore, the red fox, Vulpes vulpes. Zoolog Sci 26:145–152
• Galov A, Sindicic M, Andreanszky T, Curkovic S, Dezdek D, Slavica A, Hartl GB, Krueger B (2014) High genetic diversity and low population structure in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Croatia. Mamm Biol 79:77–80
• Gloor S, Bontadina F, Hegglin D, Deplazes P, Breitenmoser U (2001) The rise of urban fox populations in Switzerland. Mamm Biol 66:155–164
• Griffin E (2008) Blood sport: hunting in Britain since 1066. Yale University Press, New Haven
• Harris S, Morris P, Wray S, Yalden D (1995) A review of British mammals: population estimates and conservation status of British mammals other than cetaceans. Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough, pp. 1-216
• Heydon MJ, Reynolds JC (2000) Demography of rural foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in relation to cull intensity in three contrasting regions of Britain. J Zool 251:265–276
• Heydon MJ, Reynolds JC, Short MJ (2000) Variation in abundance of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) between three regions of rural Britain, in relation to landscape and other variables. J Zool 251:253–264
• Holmes NG, Mellersh CS, Humphreys SJ, Binns MM, Holliman A, Curtis R, Sampson J (1993) Isolation and characterization of microsatellites from the canine genome. Anim Genet 24:289–292
• Holmes NG, Dickens HF, Parker HL, Binns MM, Mellersh CS, Sampson J (1995) 18 Canine microsatellites. Anim Genet 26:132–133
• Jakobsson M, Rosenberg NA (2007) CLUMPP: a cluster matching and permutation program for dealing with label switching and multimodality in analysis of population structure. Bioinformatics 23:1801–1806
• Kalinowski ST, Taper ML, Marshall TC (2007) Revising how the computer program CERVUS accommodates genotyping error increases success in paternity assignment. Mol Ecol 16:1099–1106
• Kyle CJ, Strobeck C (2002) Connectivity of peripheral and core populations of North American wolverines. J Mammal 83:1141–1150
• Kyle CJ, Strobeck C (2003) Genetic homogeneity of Canadian mainland marten populations underscores the distinctiveness of Newfoundland pine martens (Martes americana atrata). Can J Zool 81:57–66
• Learmount J, Zimmer IA, Conyers C, Boughtflower VD, Morgan CP, Smith GC (2012) A diagnostic study of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Great Britain. Vet Parasitol 190:447–453
• Lloyd HG (1980) The red fox. BT Batsford Ltd, London
• MacDonald DW (1989) Running with the Fox. Harper Collins, London
• MacDonald DW, Mace G, Rushton S (1998) Proposals for future monitoring of British mammals. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, London
• Magory Cohen T, King R, Dolev A, Boldo A, Lichter-Peled A, Bar-Gal GK (2013) Genetic characterization of populations of the golden jackal and the red fox in Israel. Conserv Genet 14:55–63
• Mullins J, McDevitt AD, Kowalczyk R, Ruczyńska I, Górny M, Wójcik JM (2014) The influence of habitat structure on genetic differentiation in red fox populations in north-eastern Poland. Acta Theriologica 59:367–376 Central
• Nei M (1973) Analysis of gene diversity in subdivided populations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 70:3321–3323 Central
• Oishi T, Uraguchi K, Takahashi K, Masuda R (2011) Population structures of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) on the Hokkaido Island, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analysis. J Hered 102:38–46
• Ostrander EA, Sprague GF, Rine J (1993) Identification and characterization of dinucleotide repeat (Ca)N markers for genetic-mapping in dog. Genomics 16:207–213
• Peakall R, Smouse PE (2012) GenAlEx 6.5: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research – an update. Bioinformatics 28:2537–2539 Central
• Pope LC, Butlin RK, Wilson GJ, Woodroffe R, Erven K, Conyers CM, Franklin T, Delahay RJ, Cheeseman CL, Burke T (2007) Genetic evidence that culling increases badger movement: implications for the spread of bovine tuberculosis. Mol Ecol 16:4919–4929
• Pritchard JK, Stephens M, Donnelly P (2000) Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data. Genetics 155:945–959 Central
• Rosenberg NA (2004) Distruct: a program for the graphical display of population structure. Mol Ecol Notes 4:137–138
• Rousset F (2008) Genepop'007: a complete reimplementation of the Genepop software for Windows and Linux. Mol Ecol Resour 8:103–106
• Sambrook J, Russell DW (2001) Rapid isolation of mammalian DNA. Cold Spring Habour Laboratory, New York. http://​www.​molecularcloning​.​com/​members/​protocol.​jsp?​pronumber=​6&​chpnumber=​6
• Scott DM, Berg MJ, Tolhurst BA, Chauvenet ALM, Smith GC, Neaves K, Lochhead J, Baker PJ (2014) Changes in the distribution of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban areas in Great Britain: findings and limitations of a media-driven nationwide survey. PLoS One 9:e99059 Central
• Smith GC, Gangadharan B, Taylor Z, Laurenson MK, Bradshaw H, Hide G, Hughes JM, Dinkel A, Romig T, Craig PS (2003) Prevalence of zoonotic important parasites in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Great Britain. Vet Parasitol 118:133–142
• Teacher AG, Thomas JA, Barnes I (2011) Modern and ancient red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Europe show an unusual lack of geographical and temporal structuring, and differing responses within the carnivores to historical climatic change. BMC Evol Biol 11:214 (http://​www.​biomedcentral.​com/​1471-2148/​11/​214) Central
• Wandeler A, Wachendörfer G, Förster U, Krekel H, Schale W, Müller J, Steck F (1974) Rabies in wild carnivores in central Europe I. Epidemiol Stud Zbl Veterinaermedizin B 21:735–756
• Wandeler P, Funk SM, Largiader CR, Gloor S, Breitenmoser U (2003) The city-fox phenomenon: genetic consequences of a recent colonization of urban habitat. Mol Ecol 12:647–656
• Webbon CC, Baker PJ, Harris S (2004) Faecal density counts for monitoring changes in red fox numbers in rural Britain. J Appl Ecol 41:768–779
• Weir BS, Cockerham CC (1984) Estimating F-statistics for the analysis of population structure. Evolution 38:1358–1370
• Zimmer IA, Hunter SJ, Morgan CP, Hunt KR, Smith GC, Howell M, Taylor MA (2008) Detection and surveillance for animal trichinellosis in GB. Vet Parasitol 151:233–241

Uwagi

Rekord w opracowaniu

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1007/s13364-014-0209-6