10.25375/uct.9125285.v1
Carina Nebel
Carina
Nebel
Anita Gamauf
Anita
Gamauf
Elisabeth Haring
Elisabeth
Haring
Gernot Segelbacher
Gernot
Segelbacher
Alexandre Villers
Alexandre
Villers
Ülo Väli
Ülo
Väli
Frank E. Zachos
Frank
E. Zachos
Data from: New insights into population structure of the European golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) revealed by microsatellite analysis
University of Cape Town
2019
Accipitridae
Gene flow
Genetic diversity
population genetics
divMigrate
multivariate analysis
Biogeography and Phylogeography
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
2019-07-30 09:25:05
Dataset
https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/dataset/Data_from_New_insights_into_population_structure_of_the_European_golden_eagle_Aquila_chrysaetos_revealed_by_microsatellite_analysis/9125285
This dataset is the foundation of the paper published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society with the title: "New insights into population structure of the European golden eagle (<i>Aquila chrysaetos</i>) revealed by microsatellite analysis."<div>The dataset is in the commonly used STRUCTURE format and can be easily converted using software.<br> <div><br></div><div>Abstract:</div><div><p>Connectivity between golden eagle (<i>Aquila chrysaetos</i>) populations is poorly
understood. Field studies exploring the natal dispersal picture this raptor as
a philopatric species, but with the ability to roam far. However little is
known about the species’ population structure in Europe. Our study is based on
14 microsatellite loci and is complemented by novel and previously published mitochondrial
control region DNA data. The present dataset includes 121 eagles from Scotland,
Norway, Finland, Estonia, the Mediterranean and Alpine region. Our sampling
focused on the Alpine and Mediterranean populations as both mtDNA lineages found
in golden eagles – the Holarctic and the Mediterranean – are known to co-occur
there. Cluster analyses of nuclear DNA support a shallow split into northern and
southern populations in Europe, similar to the distribution of the two mtDNA
lineages with the Holarctic one occurring in the north and the Mediterranean
predominating in the south. Additionally, Scotland shows significant
differentiation and low relative migration levels that indicate isolation from
the mainland populations. Alpine and Mediterranean golden eagles do not show
nuclear structure corresponding to divergent mtDNA lineages. This indicates
that the presence of northern Holarctic mitochondrial haplotypes in the Alps
and the Mediterranean is due to past admixture rather than recent long-distance
dispersal. </p><br></div></div>