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Pan-European phylogeography of the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
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  • Kamila Plis,
  • Magdalena Niedziałkowska,
  • Tomasz Borowik,
  • Johannes Lang,
  • Mike Heddergott,
  • Juha Tiainen,
  • Aleksey Bunevich,
  • Nikica Šprem,
  • Ladislav Paule,
  • Aleksey Danilkin,
  • Marina Kholodova,
  • Elena Zvychaynaya,
  • Nadezhda Kashinina,
  • Boštjan Pokorny,
  • Katarina Flajšman,
  • Algimantas Paulauskas,
  • Mihajla Djan,
  • Zoran Ristić,
  • Luboš Novák,
  • Szilvia Kusza,
  • Christine Miller,
  • Dimitris Tsaparis,
  • Stoyan Stoyanov,
  • Maryna Shkvyria,
  • Franz Suchentrunk,
  • Miroslav Kutal,
  • Vukan Lavadinović,
  • Dragana Šnjegota,
  • Ana-Maria Krapal,
  • Gabriel Dănilă,
  • Rauno Veeroja,
  • Elżbieta Dulko,
  • Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Kamila Plis
Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

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Magdalena Niedziałkowska
Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences
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Tomasz Borowik
Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences
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Johannes Lang
Liebig-University Giessen
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Mike Heddergott
Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle
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Juha Tiainen
University of Helsinki
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Aleksey Bunevich
State National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha
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Nikica Šprem
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
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Ladislav Paule
Technical university in Zvolen Faculty of Forestry
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Aleksey Danilkin
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Marina Kholodova
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Elena Zvychaynaya
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Nadezhda Kashinina
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Boštjan Pokorny
College of Environmental Protection
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Katarina Flajšman
Slovenian Forestry Institute
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Algimantas Paulauskas
Vytautas Magnus University
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Mihajla Djan
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Science and Mathematics
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Zoran Ristić
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Science and Mathematics
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Luboš Novák
Mendel University in Brno
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Szilvia Kusza
University of Debrecen
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Christine Miller
Bureau of Wildlife Biology
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Dimitris Tsaparis
Hellenic Center for Marine Research
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Stoyan Stoyanov
University of Forestry
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Maryna Shkvyria
Kyiv Zoological Park of National Importance
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Franz Suchentrunk
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
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Miroslav Kutal
Mendel University in Brno
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Vukan Lavadinović
University of Belgrade Faculty of Forestry
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Dragana Šnjegota
University of Banja Luka Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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Ana-Maria Krapal
Muzeul National de Istorie Naturala Grigore Antipa
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Gabriel Dănilă
Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
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Rauno Veeroja
Estonian Environment Agency
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Elżbieta Dulko
University of Virginia Health System
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Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences
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Abstract

To provide the most comprehensive picture of species phylogeny and phylogeography of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), we analysed mtDNA control region (610 bp) of 1469 samples of roe deer from Central and Eastern Europe and included into the analyses additional 1541 mtDNA sequences from GenBank from other regions of the continent. We detected two mtDNA lineages of the species: European and Siberian one (an introgression of C. pygargus mtDNA into C. capreolus). The Siberian lineage was most frequent in eastern part of the continent and declined towards Central Europe. The European lineage contained three clades (Central, Eastern and Western) composed of 2 to 8 subclades, many of which were separated in space. The Western clade appeared to have a discontinuous range from Portugal to Russia. Most of the subclades in the Central and the Eastern clades were under expansion during the Weichselian glacial period before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), while the expansion time of the Western clade overlapped with the Eemian interglacial. High genetic diversity of extant roe deer is the result of their survival during the LGM in a large, contiguous range spanning from the Iberian Peninsula to the Caucasus Mts. and in two northern refugia.
09 Oct 2021Submitted to Ecology and Evolution
11 Oct 2021Submission Checks Completed
11 Oct 2021Assigned to Editor
12 Oct 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
29 Dec 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
17 Jan 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
19 Feb 20221st Revision Received
21 Feb 2022Submission Checks Completed
21 Feb 2022Assigned to Editor
21 Feb 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
22 Feb 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
07 Apr 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
13 Apr 20222nd Revision Received
13 Apr 2022Submission Checks Completed
13 Apr 2022Assigned to Editor
13 Apr 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
25 Apr 2022Editorial Decision: Accept
May 2022Published in Ecology and Evolution volume 12 issue 5. 10.1002/ece3.8931