Data_Sheet_1_Identification of Wolf-Dog Hybrids in Europe – An Overview of Genetic Studies.docx

Significant development of genetic tools during the last decades provided opportunities for more detailed analyses and deeper understanding of species hybridization. New genetic markers allowed for reliable identification of admixed individuals deriving from recent hybridization events (a few genera...

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Main Author: Arkadiusz Dziech
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Invasive Species Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Conservation and Biodiversity
Behavioural Ecology
Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)
Ecological Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Population Ecology
Terrestrial Ecology
Bayesian clustering
Canis lupus
domestic dog
gray wolf
methodology
microsatellites
SNPs
WDH
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.760160.s001
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Identification_of_Wolf-Dog_Hybrids_in_Europe_An_Overview_of_Genetic_Studies_docx/16917703
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Summary:Significant development of genetic tools during the last decades provided opportunities for more detailed analyses and deeper understanding of species hybridization. New genetic markers allowed for reliable identification of admixed individuals deriving from recent hybridization events (a few generations) and those originating from crossings up to 19 generations back. Implementation of microsatellites (STRs) together with Bayesian clustering provided abundant knowledge regarding presence of admixed individuals in numerous populations and helped understand the problematic nature of studying hybridization (i.a., defining a reliable thresholds for recognizing individuals as admixed or obtaining well-grounded results representing actual proportion of hybrids in a population). Nevertheless, their utilization is limited to recent crossbreeding events. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) proved to be more sensible tools for admixture analyses furnishing more reliable knowledge, especially for older generation backcrosses. Small sets of Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs) of both types of markers were effective enough to implement in monitoring programs, however, SNPs seem to be more appropriate because of their ability to identify admixed individuals up to 3rd generations. The main aim of this review is to summarize abundant knowledge regarding identification of wolf-dog hybrids in Europe and discuss the most relevant problems relating to the issue, together with advantages and disadvantages of implemented markers and approaches.

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