Mitochondrial DNA Introgression at the Northern Edge of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) Range

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riikka Levänen ◽  
Mervi Kunnasranta ◽  
Jaakko Pohjoismäki
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Northern Edge

scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA-based diversity study of Hungarian brown hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778)

2016 ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Noémi Soós ◽  
Szilvia Kusza
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Haplotype Diversity ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
High Genetic Diversity ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Hair Samples ◽  
D Loop

The brown hare being an important game species which is widespread across the European continent has been in focus of many population genetic studies. However only a few comprising researches can be found on the diversity of Central-European populations. The aim of our large scale long term ongoing study is to fill this gap of information on the species by describing the genetic history and structure of the brown hare populations of the area using both mitochondrial DNA markers and genomic skin and hair colour regulating genes. This article gives forth a part of our results concerning the mitochondrial DNA diversity of Hungarian brown hares based on amplification of a 512 bp long D-loop sequence. N=39 tissue or hair samples have been collected from 15 sampling sites on the Hungarian Great Plain. We have described a high level of haplotype diversity (Hd=0.879±0.044) based on a 410 bp alignment of our sequences. We have found 17 haplotypes within our sample set with the nucleotid diversity of π=0.01167±0.0022. Our ongoing research shows high genetic diversity for the brown hare in the studied region and a second alignment with 156 sequences downloaded from GenBank indicates a geographic pattern of haplotypes among the studied populations though these results need confirmation by our further analyses.

scholarly journals Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals new light on the phylogeography of Central and Eastern-European Brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. e0204653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Ashrafzadeh ◽  
Mihajla Djan ◽  
László Szendrei ◽  
Algimantas Paulauskas ◽  
Massimo Scandura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna Analysis

scholarly journals Genetic evidence for survival of released captive-bred brown hares Lepus europaeus during restocking operations in Greece

Oryx ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Stamatis ◽  
Franz Suchentrunk ◽  
Hakan Sert ◽  
Costas Triantaphyllidis ◽  
Zissis Mamuris
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Reproductive Cycle ◽  
Dna Markers ◽  
Nuclear Gene ◽  
Nuclear Genes ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Gene Pools ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Foreign Genes

AbstractTo prevent the decline of the brown hare Lepus europaeus, especially as a result of hunting pressure, restocking programmes, using hares from elsewhere, were carried out in Greece up to 2001. Using diagnostic RFLP mitochondrial DNA markers we traced the origins of released captive-bred brown hares. We provide evidence that released animals survived long enough to have at least one reproductive cycle and to transmit their genome. If, in the long-term, introgressed foreign genes survive, forming new genotypes with indigenous genes, this would demonstrate that they are successful in terms of competition. As nuclear gene pools are not markedly divergent between Greek and other European hares foreign nuclear genes should not be a serious handicap. Hence, in certain situations release programmes may be appropriate.

scholarly journals A preliminary study on the detection of potential contaminants in the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) by suspect and microplastics screening

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 100045
Author(s):  
Romana Hornek-Gausterer ◽  
Herbert Oberacher ◽  
Vera Reinstadler ◽  
Christina Hartmann ◽  
Bettina Liebmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Preliminary Study

Predation Risk Drives Habitat-Specific Sex Ratio in a Monomorphic Species, the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Ethology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hušek ◽  
Marek Panek ◽  
Piotr Tryjanowski
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Predation Risk ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare
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