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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The genetic population structure of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) living in continuous rain forest
American Journal of Primatology, Volume 76, No. 9, Year 2014
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To understand the evolutionary histories and conservation potential of wild animal species it is useful to assess whether taxa are genetically structured into different populations and identify the underlying factors responsible for any clustering. Landscape features such as rivers may influence genetic population structure, and analysis of structure by sex can further reveal effects of sex-specific dispersal. Using microsatellite genotypes obtained from noninvasively collected fecal samples we investigated the population structure of 261 western lowland gorillas (WLGs) (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) from seven locations spanning an approximately 37,000km2 region of mainly continuous rain forest within Central African Republic (CAR), Republic of Congo and Cameroon. We found our sample to consist of two or three significantly differentiated clusters. The boundaries of the clusters coincided with courses of major rivers. Moreover, geographic distance detoured around rivers better-explained variation in genetic distance than straight line distance. Together these results suggest that major rivers in our study area play an important role in directing WLG gene flow. The number of clusters did not change when males and females were analyzed separately, indicating a lack of greater philopatry in WLG females than males at this scale. Am. J. Primatol. 76:868-878, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fünfstück, Tillmann
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Arandjelovic, M.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Morgan, David B.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Sanz, Crickette M.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Breuer, Thomas
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Stokes, Emma J.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Reed, Patricia E.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Olson, Sarah H.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Cameron, Kenneth N.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ondzié, Alain I.
Congo, Brazzaville
Wildlife Conservation Society
Peeters, Martine F.
France, Montpellier
Recherches Translationnelles Sur le Vih et Les Maladies Infectieuses
Kühl, Hjalmar S.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Cipolletta, Chloé
Unknown Affiliation
Todd, Angelique F.
Unknown Affiliation
Masi, Shelly
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Doran-Sheehy, Diane M.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Bradley, Brenda J.
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Vigilant, Linda H.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ajp.22274
ISSN:
02752565
e-ISSN:
10982345
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Congo
Participants Gender
Female