Genetic Variability in Six Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) Populations Determined by Microsatellite Markers

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
M. T. Jaramillo-Jaimes ◽  
A. M. Sifuentes-Rincón ◽  
M. T. Sánchez Torres-Esqueda ◽  
G. D. Mendoza-Martínez ◽  
F. Clemente-Sánchez ◽  
...  
1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1183-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis K. Kennedy ◽  
Michael L. Kennedy ◽  
Peter L. Clarkson ◽  
Ilme S. Liepins

The genetic variability of gray wolves (Canis lupus) from northwestern Canada was assessed through starch-gel electrophoresis. Of 27 protein systems examined, 25, representing 37 presumptive loci, were consistently scorable; 7 proteins (5 were consistently scorable) exhibited polymorphism. The level of heterozygosity (3.0%) was medial relative to values reported for natural populations of Carnivora and high relative to values reported for natural populations of canids. An overall pattern of few deviations from Hardy–Weinberg expectations and some spatial heterogeneity was observed. Wolves associated with different caribou herds exhibited a low level of differentiation (FST = 0.029). The pattern of variability supports the view of a large panmictic population resulting from extensive movements of individuals and packs and from natural and human impacts on pack structure and formation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Raúl Eduardo Piña-Aguilar ◽  
Patricia Zúñiga-Sánchez ◽  
Rosa María Díaz-Salazar ◽  
Claudia González-Ortega ◽  
Beatriz Santamaria-Jiménez ◽  
...  

Abstract The Mexican grey wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) is a subspecies of grey wolf with unique morphologic, genetic and historical features. The Mexican grey wolf faced near-extinction during the 70s after decades of predator eradication actions. A binational, United States-Mexico, ex situ management program relying primarily on zoos has enabled a slow recovery for the population. The current population includes approximately two hundred fifty animals in captivity and more than a hundred that have been returned to the wild. One of the components of the recovery program is cryobanking gonadal tissue: initially sperm, and more recently, ovaries and oocytes. During the reproductive season of 2018 our Mexican team cryopreserved sperm obtained by electrojaculation from five males maintained in three facilities (Zoológico San Juan de Aragón, Parque Zoológico de León and Zoológico El Ocotal) and vitrified oocytes and cryopreserved ovaran tissue obtained by ovariohysterectomy in a female maintained at Zoológico de Zacango. Improved methods were introduced, such as the use of a commercial dog sperm extender that enabled superior post-thaw survival and motility rates, the measurement of testosterone and the use of ovary and oocyte cryopreservation techniques based on human procedures. We report the the successful cryopreservation of Mexican grey wolf gametes based only in local resources and expertise contributing, which will impact the population management program’s long-standing efforts to recover a flagship species of Mexican natural richness, the grey wolf. KeywordsBiobank, Oocyte vitrification, ovary cryopreservation, sperm freezing, testis, vitrification. ResumenEl lobo mexicano (Canis lupus baileyi) es una subespecie del lobo gris con características morfológicas, genéticas e históricas únicas. El lobo gris mexicano estuvo cerca de la extinción durante los años 70 después de décadas de acciones para la erradicación de predadores. El programa binacional Estados Unidos-México de manejo ex situ, dependiente principalmente de los zoológicos, ha provisto de una recuperación lenta de la población actualmente con aproximadamente doscientos cincuenta animales en cautiverio y más de una centena de regreso a la vida libre. Uno de los componentes del programa de recuperación es la criopreservación de tejido gonadal, inicialmente espermatozoides y más recientemente ovario y ovocitos. Durante la temporada reproductiva 2018 nuestro equipo en México criopreservó espermatozoides obtenidos por electroeyaculación en tres instituciones (Zoológico San Juan de Aragón, Parque Zoológico de León y Zoológico El Ocotal) y vitrificó ovocitos y criopreservó tejido ovárico después de una ovariohisterectomía en una hembra mantenida en el Zoológico de Zacango. Métodos mejorados fueron introducidos, como el uso de un diluyente comercial para perros con mejores resultados en las tasas de viabilidad y motilidad postcongelación, y el uso de técnicas de criopreservación para ovarios y ovocitos basadas en procedimientos para humanos. Reportamos la criopreservación exitosa de gametos basados solamente en recursos y conocimiento local que impactaran en el programa de manejo de la población con acciones importantes en los esfuerzos de recuperación de una especie emblemática de la riqueza natural mexicana como el lobo gris mexicano.Palabras claveBiobanco, congelación de esperma, criopreservación de ovario, vitrificación de ovocitos, testículos, vitrificación.


2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 480-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerod A. Merkle ◽  
Paul R. Krausman ◽  
Dan W. Stark ◽  
John K. Oakleaf ◽  
Warren B. Ballard

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1472-1475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosales Alferez Federico ◽  
F. Tavares Me ◽  
E. Pereda Sol ◽  
H. Martinez Guerrero . ◽  
M. Herrera Ca

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily M. Eeden ◽  
Sergey Rabotyagov ◽  
Morgan Kather ◽  
Carol Bogezi ◽  
Aaron J. Wirsing ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. David M. Latham ◽  
Stan Boutin

A breeding male Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, equipped with a GPS collar was documented going to the den site of another Gray Wolf pack. This trip was coincident with an attack on the den of the other pack and the occurrence of a dead and partially consumed Gray Wolf pup at the same location. We present two possible explanations - interspecific predation and non-parental infanticide - to account for this observation. Because the Gray Wolf with the GPS collar and his mate were first-time breeders and were attempting to establish a territory space of their own, we speculate that, based on the available evidence, this observation most likely represents a case of non-parental infanticide that fits the predictions of the resource competition hypothesis.


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