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Chiara Mengoni

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Genetic variability in Peregrine falcon populations of the Western Palaearctic region

2018

We analyzed variation in ten polymorphic microsatellites and a portion of cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA in 4 populations of the Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). living in northern and southern Italy. Spain and Czech Republic to assess species diversity in the poorly investigated Western Palearctic region. The Spanish population lives in the contact zone between F. peregrinus peregrinus and F. p. brookei. both the northern Italian and the Czech populations live within the range of F. p. peregrinus and the southern Italian is within the F. p. brookei. We added to our cytochrome b sequence dataset comprising 81 samples. previously published mitochondrial DNA sequences (n = 31) of English …

0106 biological sciencesEcologySettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaZoologyWestern Palaearcticmitochondrial dnaBiology010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesmicrosatellites010605 ornithologygenetic structuringGenetic structuring Falco peregrinus brookei microsatellites mitochondrial DNA Peregrine Falconperegrine falconAnimal Science and ZoologyPeregrine falcon mtDNA microsatellites genetic structuring genetic diversityGenetic variabilityfalco peregrinus brookeiFalconcomputerEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsQH540-549.5computer.programming_language
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Do not disturb the family: roles of colony size and human disturbance in the genetic structure of lesser kestrel

2015

Dispersal and philopatry are fundamental processes influencing the genetic structure and persistence of populations, and might be affected by isolation and habitat perturbation. Habitat degradation induced by human activities could have detrimental consequences on the genetic structure of populations. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the role of human impact in promoting or disrupting the genetic structure. Here, we conducted a genetic analysis using 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers of 70 lesser kestrels Falco naumanni from 10 breeding colonies of two subpopulations in Sicily (southern Italy). Genetic differentiation between the two subpopulations was negligible, and linear dista…

education.field_of_studybiologyEcologyPopulationSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaFalco naumanniKestrelbiology.organism_classificationHabitat destructionGenetic structureBiological dispersalAnimal Science and ZoologyPhilopatrylesser kestrel genetic structure colony size human disturbance microsatellitesGenetic variabilityeducationEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
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