Inferences about the population history of Rangifer tarandus from Y chromosome and mtDNA phylogenies

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Bozlak, Elif, Pokharel, Kisun, Weldenegodguad, Melak, Paasivaara, Antti, Stammler, Florian, Røed, Knut H., Kantanen, Juha, Wallner, Barbara
• Other Authors: orcid:0000-0002-4924-946X, orcid:0000-0002-2876-6353, orcid:0000-0001-6350-6373, 4100111010, 4100110810, 4100211610, Luonnonvarakeskus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: fylogenetiikka; poro; metsäpeura; Y-kromosomi; sekvenssianalyysi; perimä; peura (laji); reindeer (domestic); reindeer (species); Y-chromosome; mitochondrial DNA; haploryhmä; haplogroup; sequence analysis; genome; phylogenetics; Arctic; Svalbard; The ''Y''; Fennoscandian; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; svalbard reindeer; Tundra; Alaska; peura
• Online Access: https://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/555024; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11573

Reindeer, called caribou in North America, has a circumpolar distribution and all extant populations belong to the same species (Rangifer tarandus). It has survived the Holocene thanks to its immense adaptability and successful coexistence with humans in different forms of hunting and herding cultur...