Breeding origin and migration pattern of dunlin (Calidris alpina) revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis
Breeding origin and migration pattern of dunlin (Calidris alpina) revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis
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线粒体DNA分析揭示黑滨鹬(Calidris alpina)的繁殖起源和迁徙模式
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01256.x
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
L. Wennerberg
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作者:
L. Wennerberg
The large‐scale migration of birds has been studied extensively by recoveries of ringed birds. However, there is very little ringing data from the arctic breeding grounds of waders. Here, the migration pattern of the dunlin, Calidris alpina, is studied with population genetic markers, using haplotype frequencies to estimate the breeding origin of migrating and wintering populations. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction analysis of DNA from the mitochondrial control region was used to study the breeding origins of morphologically similar winter populations in the western Palaearctic, and to describe the population structure of the dunlin during winter. Also migrating dunlin from various stopover sites in Europe, Africa and Asia, were analysed with respect to their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes. The genetic markers clearly show that the dunlin has a parallel migration system, with populations breeding in the western Palaearctic wintering mainly in the western part of the wintering range, and dunlin populations breeding further east wintering further east. The results also show that the distance between breeding and wintering area increases eastwards in this region.