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Title: Genetic diversity of the Griffon vulture population in Serbia and its importance for conservation efforts in the Balkans
Authors: Davidović, Slobodan
Jelić, Mihailo 
Marinković, Saša
Mihajlović, Milica 
Tanasić, Vanja
Hribšek, Irena
Sušić, Goran
Dragićević, Milan
Stamenković-Radak, Marina 
Issue Date: 2020
Rank: M21
Journal: Scientific Reports
Abstract: 
The Griffon vulture was once a widespread species across the region of Southeast Europe, but it is now endangered and in some parts is completely extinct. In the Balkan Peninsula the largest Griffon vulture inland population inhabits the territory of Serbia. We present, for the first time, the genetic data of this valuable population that could be a source for future reintroduction programs planned in South-eastern Europe. To characterize the genetic structure of this population we used microsatellite markers from ten loci. Blood samples were collected from 57 chicks directly in the nests during the ongoing monitoring program. We performed a comparative analysis of the obtained data with the existing data from three native populations from French Pyrenees, Croatia, and Israel. We have assessed the genetic differentiation between different native populations and determined the existence of two genetic clusters that differentiate the populations from the Balkan and Iberian Peninsulas. Furthermore, we analysed whether the recent bottleneck events influenced the genetic structure of the populations studied, and we found that all native populations experienced a recent bottleneck event, and that the population of Israel was the least affected. Nevertheless, the parameters of genetic diversity suggest that all analysed populations have retained a similar level of genetic diversity and that the Griffon vulture population from Serbia exhibits the highest value for private alleles. The results of this study suggest that the Griffon vulture populations of the Balkan Peninsula are genetically differentiated from the populations of the Iberian Peninsula, which is an important information for future reintroduction strategies.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4051
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77342-1
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