Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Montane systems, formed by a series of climatic oscillations and temporal topographic metamorphoses, have broken up the contiguous distribution of widespread species and accelerated allopatric speciation. We used a partial fragment of the mitochondrial cytochromeb(cytb) gene to address speciation across the entire range of the Siberian ibexCapra sibirica. We demonstrated that the Siberian ibex is a polytypic species, plausibly formed by a combination of at least 2 species and/or 3 to 4 sub-species. Bayesian phylogeny showed that the Indian-Tajikistan (I-T) clade is adequately diverged from the other clades based on the mean intra-specific distance criterion, and warrants recognition as a distinct species. We provide pragmatic evidence for the endorsement of the I-T clade as a distinct species of Siberian ibex and urge prioritization of the conservation of this species at global and regional scales.
Source: Endangered Species Research
DOI: 10.3354/esr01034
Authors: B Dutt Joshi, G Jabin, A Sharief, V Kumar, T Mukherjee, M Kumar, A Singh, S Kumar Singh, K Chandra, LK Sharma, M Thakur
Institutions: Zoological Survey of India, University of Calcutta
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,671
Awards: G1166712083, G3658758422, G8181611567
OpenAlex ID: W3013326977