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dc.contributor.authorPerl, R. G. Bina
dc.contributor.authorGeffen, Eli
dc.contributor.authorMalka, Yoram
dc.contributor.authorBarocas, Adi
dc.contributor.authorRenan, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorVences, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGafny, Sarig
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T01:33:43Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T01:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-018-23587-w
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/152
dc.description.abstractAfter its recent rediscovery, the Hula painted frog (Latonia nigriventer) has remained one of the world’s rarest and least understood amphibian species. Together with its apparently low dispersal capability and highly disturbed niche, the low abundance of this living fossil calls for urgent conservation measures. We used 18 newly developed microsatellite loci and four different models to calculate the effective population size (Ne) of a total of 125 Hula painted frog individuals sampled at a single location. We compare the Ne estimates to the estimates of potentially reproducing adults in this population (Nad) determined through a capture-recapture study on 118 adult Hula painted frogs captured at the same site. Surprisingly, our data suggests that, despite Nad estimates of only ~234–244 and Ne estimates of ~16.6–35.8, the species appears to maintain a very high genetic diversity (HO = 0.771) and low inbreeding coefficient (FIS = −0.018). This puzzling outcome could perhaps be explained by the hypotheses of either genetic rescue from one or more unknown Hula painted frog populations nearby or by recent admixture of genetically divergent subpopulations. Independent of which scenario is correct, the original locations of these populations still remain to be determined.
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23587-w
dc.rights2018 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You are not required to obtain permission to reuse this article.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectFROGS
dc.subjectGENOMICS
dc.subjectPOPULATIONS
dc.subjectISRAEL
dc.titlePopulation genetic analysis of the recently rediscovered Hula painted frog ( Latonia nigriventer ) reveals high genetic diversity and low inbreeding
dc.typeArticle
dc.source.journaltitleScientific Reports
dc.source.volume8
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage5588
dcterms.dateAccepted2018
refterms.dateFOA2020-05-13T01:33:43Z
html.description.abstractAfter its recent rediscovery, the Hula painted frog (Latonia nigriventer) has remained one of the world’s rarest and least understood amphibian species. Together with its apparently low dispersal capability and highly disturbed niche, the low abundance of this living fossil calls for urgent conservation measures. We used 18 newly developed microsatellite loci and four different models to calculate the effective population size (Ne) of a total of 125 Hula painted frog individuals sampled at a single location. We compare the Ne estimates to the estimates of potentially reproducing adults in this population (Nad) determined through a capture-recapture study on 118 adult Hula painted frogs captured at the same site. Surprisingly, our data suggests that, despite Nad estimates of only ~234–244 and Ne estimates of ~16.6–35.8, the species appears to maintain a very high genetic diversity (HO = 0.771) and low inbreeding coefficient (FIS = −0.018). This puzzling outcome could perhaps be explained by the hypotheses of either genetic rescue from one or more unknown Hula painted frog populations nearby or by recent admixture of genetically divergent subpopulations. Independent of which scenario is correct, the original locations of these populations still remain to be determined.


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