Michael V. Westbury, Stefanie Hartmann, Axel Barlow, Ingrid Wiesel, Viyanna Leo, Rebecca Welch, Daniel M. Parker, Florian Sicks, Arne Ludwig, Love Dalen, Michael Hofreiter
- Hyenas (family Hyaenidae), as the sister group to cats (family Felidae), represent a deeply diverging branch within the cat-like carnivores (Feliformia). With an estimated population size of <10,000 individuals worldwide, the brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) represents the rarest of the four extant hyena species and has been listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN. Here, we report a high-coverage genome from a captive bred brown hyena and both mitochondrial and low-coverage nuclear genomes of 14 wild-caught brown hyena individuals from across southern Africa. We find that brown hyena harbor extremely low genetic diversity on both the mitochondrial and nuclear level, most likely resulting from a continuous and ongoing decline in effective population size that started similar to 1 Ma and dramatically accelerated towards the end of the Pleistocene. Despite the strikingly low genetic diversity, we find no evidence of inbreeding within the captive bred individual and reveal phylogeographic structure, suggesting the existence of severalHyenas (family Hyaenidae), as the sister group to cats (family Felidae), represent a deeply diverging branch within the cat-like carnivores (Feliformia). With an estimated population size of <10,000 individuals worldwide, the brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) represents the rarest of the four extant hyena species and has been listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN. Here, we report a high-coverage genome from a captive bred brown hyena and both mitochondrial and low-coverage nuclear genomes of 14 wild-caught brown hyena individuals from across southern Africa. We find that brown hyena harbor extremely low genetic diversity on both the mitochondrial and nuclear level, most likely resulting from a continuous and ongoing decline in effective population size that started similar to 1 Ma and dramatically accelerated towards the end of the Pleistocene. Despite the strikingly low genetic diversity, we find no evidence of inbreeding within the captive bred individual and reveal phylogeographic structure, suggesting the existence of several potential subpopulations within the species.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Michael V. WestburyORCiDGND, Stefanie HartmannORCiDGND, Axel BarlowORCiDGND, Ingrid Wiesel, Viyanna Leo, Rebecca Welch, Daniel M. Parker, Florian SicksGND, Arne Ludwig, Love Dalen, Michael HofreiterORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-414132 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-41413 |
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ISSN: | 1866-8372 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe |
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Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (589) |
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Publication type: | Postprint |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2019/02/12 |
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Publication year: | 2018 |
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Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
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Release date: | 2019/02/12 |
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Tag: | diversity; evolution; genomics; hyena; population genomics |
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Issue: | 589 |
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Number of pages: | 13 |
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Source: | Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 (2018) 5, pp. 1225–1237 DOI 10.1093/molbev/msy037 |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |
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External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |
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