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Preliminary genetic analysis supports cave populations as targets for conservation in the endemic endangered puerto rican boa (Boidae: Epicrates inornatus)

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dc.creatorPuente-Rolón, Alberto R.spa
dc.creatorReynolds, R. Grahamspa
dc.creatorRevell, Liam J.spa
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T14:40:14Z
dc.date.available2020-08-19T14:40:14Z
dc.date.created2013-05-15spa
dc.description.abstractThe endemic Puerto Rican boa (Epicrates inornatus) has spent 42 years on the Endangered Species List with little evidence for recovery. One significant impediment to effective conservation planning has been a lack of knowledge of the distribution of genetic variability in the species. It has previously been suggested that boas might best be protected around caves that harbor large populations of bats. Prior study has found Puerto Rican boas at relatively high densities in and around bat caves, which they use both to feed and seek shelter. However, it is unknown whether these behaviorally distinctive populations represent a distinct evolutionary lineage, or (conversely) whether caves harbor representative genetic diversity for the species across the island. We provide the first genetic study of the Puerto Rican boa, and we examine and compare genetic diversity and divergence among two cave populations and two surface populations of boas. We find three haplogroups and an apparent lack of phylogeographic structure across the island. In addition, we find that the two cave populations appear no less diverse than the two surface populations, and harbor multiple mtDNA lineages. We discuss the conservation implications of these findings, including a call for the immediate protection of the remaining cave-associated populations of boas.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063899
dc.identifier.issnEISSN: 1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26781
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherPLOS Public Library of Sciencespa
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 5
dc.relation.citationStartPagee63899
dc.relation.citationTitlePLoS One
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 8
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS One, EISSN: 1932-6203, Vol.8, No.5 (May 2013); pp. e63899 spa
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063899&type=printablespa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.sourcePLoS Onespa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subject.keywordPhylogeographyspa
dc.subject.keywordPopulation geneticsspa
dc.subject.keywordIslandsspa
dc.subject.keywordConservation geneticsspa
dc.subject.keywordHaplotypesspa
dc.subject.keywordSpecies diversityspa
dc.subject.keywordHaplogroupsspa
dc.subject.keywordMitochondrial DNAspa
dc.titlePreliminary genetic analysis supports cave populations as targets for conservation in the endemic endangered puerto rican boa (Boidae: Epicrates inornatus)spa
dc.title.TranslatedTitleEl análisis genético preliminar respalda a las poblaciones de cuevas como objetivos de conservación en la boa puertorriqueña en peligro de extinción (Boidae: Epicrates inornatus)spa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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