Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700053, India.
Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, 201303, India.
Mol Biol Rep. 2021 Nov;48(11):7609-7615. doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-06716-z. Epub 2021 Oct 1.
Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral), solitary cliff-dwelling species and are distributed throughout the Indian Himalayan region. Its populations across the range are facing severe threats due to habitat loss, fragmentation and changes in the land-use patterns by various anthropogenic activities.
We carried out genetic analyses of Himalayan goral using the mitochondrial control regions and microsatellite loci (n = 10) in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. We reported a moderate genetic diversity at nuclear (Ho 0.602 ± 0.057) and mitochondrial markers (Hd-0.6931 ± 0.053; π-0.0048 ± 001). Bayesian skyline plot indicates a sharp decline in the goral population in the last 100 years.
Our results indicate the population of Himalayan goral in Uttarkashi is under panmictic condition, plausibly due to long-ranging behaviour. The present study laid the foundation for future non-invasive genetics monitoring and detailed population genetic assessment of goral from the entire range in the Western Himalayas.
喜马拉雅野山羊（Naemorhedus goral）是一种独居的悬崖栖息地物种，分布于整个印度喜马拉雅地区。由于栖息地丧失、破碎化以及各种人为活动引起的土地利用方式变化，其分布范围内的种群正面临着严重威胁。
我们在北阿坎德邦乌塔卡什地区对喜马拉雅野山羊进行了线粒体控制区和微卫星（n=10）的遗传分析。我们报告了核（Ho 0.602±0.057）和线粒体标记物（Hd-0.6931±0.053；π-0.0048±001）的中等遗传多样性。贝叶斯天空线图表明，在过去的 100 年中，野山羊的数量急剧下降。
我们的结果表明，乌塔卡什的喜马拉雅野山羊种群处于泛育状态，这可能是由于其长距离的行为。本研究为未来从整个西喜马拉雅山脉对野山羊进行非侵入性遗传监测和详细的种群遗传评估奠定了基础。
