Origin of Three Red-Crowned Cranes Grus japonensis Found in Northeast Honshu and West Hokkaido, Japan, from 2008 to 2012

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Akira SHIOMI²  Takeo HIRAGA²  Fumio MATSUMOTO¹  Hiroki TERAOKA²  Hiroyuki MASATOMI¹  Takio KITAZAWA²  Junya SHIRAISHI²  Yoshiaki MIURA² 

[1] Tancho Protection Group, Kushiro 085–0036, Japan;School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069–8501, Japan

关键词: continental population;    genetic diversity;    Hokkaido;    island population;    Red-crowned (Japanese) Crane;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.13-0090

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(13)The Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis is an endangered species that has two separate breeding populations, one in the Amur River basin and the other in north and east Hokkaido, Japan. So far, only two (Gj1 and Gj2) and seven (Gj3-Gj9) haplotypes in D-loop of mtDNA were identified in Japan and in the continent, respectively. We obtained feathers from three cranes found in northeast Honshu. The crane in Akita in 2008, which also arrived at west Hokkaido, had a novel haplotype (Gj10). Another crane in Akita in 2009 showed a heteroplasmy (Gj7 and a novel type, Gj12). The third crane in Miyagi in 2010 also showed another type, Gj11. These results suggest that three Red-crowned Cranes appeared in Honshu and west Hokkaido were from the continent.

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