Author/Authors :
Aeini، B نويسنده Graduate School of the Environment and Energy, Science and Research Campus, IAU, Tehran, Iran , , Farahmand، H نويسنده College of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran , , Karami، M نويسنده College of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran , , Hartl، G.B نويسنده Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany ,
Abstract :
Persian gazelle (Gazelle subgutturosa) is one of the most important species in the
world with its wide distribution in Iran The greatest number of this species in Iran is associated with
the gazelles in Sohrain plain in Sorkhabad protected region in Zanjan province. Considering the
significance of this species in the region and the fact that no genetic studies have been conducted
to determine the status of this species, such genetic investigations were carried out in this study, 54
samples of the species hunted in 2005 were applied in this study. The samples were subjected for
sequencing on D-LOOP region of the mtDNA. The results of this study indicated 17 polymorphism
sites and 6 haplotypes in the region Haplotype type 1 and 5 with 72 and 1.85 percent presented the
highest and lowest frequency in the population of gazelles. Based on the results obtained, the
degree of variety of haplotypes in the population of gazelles of Sohrain region was estimated at 0.46
and nucleotide diversity was 0.84%. Based on the results of this study one can predict that population
could be endangered owing to genetic depletion.
