Population Dynamics and DNA Microsatellite Survey in the Lowland Tapir

Benoit de Thoisy

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Vol. 15 No. 20 (2006)

Population Dynamics and DNA Microsatellite Survey in the Lowland Tapir

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We present the results of the first survey on microsatellite DNA polymorphism in the Lowland tapir, Tapirus terrestris, from French Guiana. Molecular approaches are gaining importance in species conservation, since molecular markers can provide reliable information on population dynamics, trends, and gene flow between areas. Population genetics usefully complement field ecological and classical methods, such as surveys, assessment of habitats, and levels and impacts of threats

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Population genetics
Lowland tapir
French Guiana

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de Thoisy, B. (2006). Population Dynamics and DNA Microsatellite Survey in the Lowland Tapir. Tapir Conservation, 15(20), 14-16. http://www.tapirconservation.org/index.php/tc/article/view/92

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[1] Cornuet, J.M., Luikart, G., 1996. Description and power analysis of two tests for detecting recent population bottlenecks from allele frequency data. Genetics 144: 2001-2014.

[2] Eizirik E., Kim J.H., Menotti-Raymond M., Crawshaw P., O’Brien S.J., Johnson W. 2001. Phylogeography, population history and conservation genetics of jaguars (Panthera onca, Mammalia, Felidae). Molecular Ecology 10: 65-79.

[3] Goudet, J., 1999. FSTAT, a program to estimate and test gene diversities and fixation indices, version 2.8.

[4] Goudet, J., Raymond, M., De Meeüs T., Rousset, F., 1996. Testing differentiation in diploid populations. Genetics 144: 933-1940.

[5] Guo, S.W., Thompson, E.A., 1992. Performing the exact test of Hardy-Weinberg proportion for multiple alleles. Biometrics 48: 361-372.

[6] Hammond D.S., Gond V., de Thoisy B., Forget P.M., DeDijn B. Causes and consequences of a tropical forest gold rush in the Guiana Shield, South America. Ambio, in press.

[7] Norton J.E., Ashley M.V. 2004. Genetic variability and population structure among wild Baird’s tapirs. Animal Conservation 7: 211–220.

[8] Pritchard, J.K., Stephens, M., Donnelly, P. 2000. Inferrence of population strcuture using multilocus gentype data. Genetics 155: 945-959.

[9] Raymond, M., Rousset, F., 1995. GENEPOP version 1.2: population genetics software for exact tests and ecumenicism. Journal of Heredity 86: 248-249.

[10] Reich, D.E., Goldstein, D.B., 1998. Genetic evidence for a Paleolithic human population expansion in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95: 8119-8123.

[11] Ruiz-Garcia M. 2005. The use of several microsatellite loci applied to 13 neotropical primates revealed a strong recent bottleneck in the Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) in Colombia. Primate Report 71: 27-55

[12] Shriver, M.D., Jin, L., Ferrel, R.E., Deka, R., 1997. Microsatellite data support an early population expansion in Africa. Genome Research 7: 586-591.

[13] de Thoisy B, Renoux F, Julliot C. 2005. Hunting in northern French Guiana and its impacts on primates communities. Oryx 39: 149-157.

[14] de Thoisy B, Renoux F. 2004. Status of the lowland tapir in French Guiana: hunting pressure and threats on habitats. Second International Tapir Symposium, TSG/SSC, Panama

[15] de Thoisy B, Hrbek T, Farias IP, Vasconcelos WR, Lavergne A. 2006. Genetic structure, population dynamics, and conservation of Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Biological Conservation 133: 474-482

[16] Weir, B.S., Cockerham, C.C., 1984. Estimating F-statistics for the analysis of population structure. Evolution 38: 1358-1370.

[17] Whitmore T.C. 1997. Tropical forest disturbance, disappearence, and species loss. Pages 3-12 in W.F. Laurance and R.O. Bierregaard Jr., editors. Tropical forest remnants: ecology, management and conservation of fragmented populations. The University of Chicago Press.