东方白鹳线粒体DNA控制区序列遗传多样性研究-生态学专业论文.docxVIP

Genetics diversity of mtDNA control region of oriental white stork (Ciconia boyciana) Abstract The oriental white stork Ciconia boyciana is a threatened species in IUCN red list, which was a widely distributed waterbird native to several countries in East Asia in history. In the past three decades, due to the habitat loss, fragmentation and human activities, the population appeared to be declining with a withdrawing species range. The recent wild population has been estimated at about 3,000 individuals and the captive population about 500 individuals. Their breeding range is considered to be limited to northern China and southeastern Russia, with main wintering areas in the wetland of middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain. Recently, however, some individuals were observed breeding at their wintering areas or at stay-over sites in their flyway, including Wangjiang of Anhui Province, Gaoyou and Dafeng of Jiangsu Province, Yellow River Delta of Shandong Province. They are forming a new small breeding colony in China, which attracting many public attentions. We analyzed the genetic structure and genetic status of oriental white stork in China using the D-loop gene of mitochondrial DNA, to investigate the gene flow between the Japanese population and Chinese population; the phylogenetic relationship among the northern breeding colony (NC) and southern breeding colony (SC) of Chinese population. Furthermore, we analyzed the genetic structure and genetic status of oriental white stork captive colony in Hefei Wildlife Park. Based on the analysis of 463 bp mtDNA D-Loop region, we investigated the genetic structure and genetic diversity of 68 wild oriental white storks of Chinese population (CP) and 28 captive individuals from Hefei Wildlife Park. The results were as follows: 1. We investigated the genetic structure and genetic diversity of 68 wild oriental  white storks from Chinese population (CP), which were sampled from China. We analyzed the sequences o