ArticleMolecular biology reports2025
Range-wide understanding of genetic diversity and population structure of endangered Kashmir musk deer in North-Western Himalaya.
Article in Molecular biology reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe endangered Kashmir musk deer (Moschus cupreus), native to high-altitude Himalayas, is an ecological significant and endangered ungulate, threatened by habitat loss and poaching for musk pod distributed in western Himalayan ranges of India, Nepal and Afghanistan. Despite its critical conservation status and ecological importance in regulating vegetation dynamics, knowledge gaps persist regarding its population structure and genetic diversity, hindering effective management strategies. METHODS AND
resultsWe aimed to understand the population genetics of Kashmir musk deer in north-western Himalayas using two mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) regions and 11 microsatellite loci. Total of 63 consensus sequences were analyzed, revealing 10 haplotypes with high haplotype diversity (Hd = 0.906 ± 0.031) and moderate nucleotide diversity (π = 0.00539 ± 0.004) at mitochondrial markers. Microsatellite analysis indicated moderate genetic variability, with observed heterozygosity (Ho = 0.445 ± 0.049) and expected heterozygosity (He = 0.764 ± 0.039), comparable to the forest musk deer but relatively lower than that observed in other ungulates. Population structure analysis identified three potential genetic clusters, with evidence of genetic admixture in the Lahaul Valley, possibly due to gene flow from neighboring areas. Historical demographic analyses using Bayesian skyline plots and mismatch distribution curves indicated stable population sizes in the past, followed by recent declines in maternal effective population size.
conclusionsOur findings highlight the necessity of preserving the genetic diversity of the Kashmir musk deer to ensure its long-term survival. We recommend expanding the geographic range of sampling to include regions such as Chamba and Kinnaur districts in Himachal Pradesh, potential areas in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand, for more comprehensive population-level analysis. Such efforts will be crucial for developing targeted conservation strategies and mitigating the impacts of human activities on this endangered species.
Indexed as
Identifiers
39825993What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.