https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:1978 Pan-European phylogeography of the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) Plis, Kamila Kamila Plis 0000-0002-7462-5324 Polish Academy of Sciences Jędrzejewska, Bogumiła Bogumiła Jędrzejewska 0000-0002-9652-0953 Polish Academy of Sciences Dulko, Elżbieta Elżbieta Dulko University of Virginia / University of Warsaw Veeroja, Rauno Rauno Veeroja Estonian Environment Agency Dănilă, Gabriel Gabriel Dănilă Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava Krapal, Ana-Maria Ana-Maria Krapal National Museum of Natural History Bucharest Šnjegota, Dragana Dragana Šnjegota 0000-0003-2125-4635 University of Banja Luka Lavadinović, Vukan Vukan Lavadinović University of Belgrade Kutal, Miroslav Miroslav Kutal Mendel University Suchentrunk, Franz Franz Suchentrunk 0000-0001-9862-5591 University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Shkvyria, Maryna Maryna Shkvyria Kyiv Zoological Park of National Importance Stoyanov, Stoyan Stoyan Stoyanov 0000-0003-2775-1800 University of Forestry Tsaparis, Dimitris Dimitris Tsaparis 0000-0001-9626-5553 Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Miller, Christine Christine Miller Bureau of Wildlife Biology Bavaria Kusza, Szilvia Szilvia Kusza 0000-0002-5441-5303 University of Debrecen Novák, Luboš Luboš Novák Mendel University Ristić, Zoran Zoran Ristić University of Novi Sad Djan, Mihajla Mihajla Djan 0000-0002-2427-0676 University of Novi Sad Paulauskas, Algimantas Algimantas Paulauskas 0000-0002-6823-3754 Vytautas Magnus University Flajšman, Katarina Katarina Flajšman 0000-0002-5583-653X Slovenian Forestry Institute Pokorny, Boštjan Boštjan Pokorny 0000-0002-2981-5516 Slovenian Forestry Institute Kashinina, Nadezhda Nadezhda Kashinina Russian Academy of Sciences Zvychaynaya, Elena Elena Zvychaynaya Russian Academy of Sciences Kholodova, Marina Marina Kholodova Russian Academy of Sciences Danilkin, Aleksey Aleksey Danilkin Russian Academy of Sciences Paule, Ladislav Ladislav Paule 0000-0002-5097-7472 Technical University in Zvolen Šprem, Nikica Nikica Šprem 0000-0002-3475-6653 University of Zagreb Bunevich, Aleksey Aleksey Bunevich State National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha Tiainen, Juha Juha Tiainen 0000-0001-5855-2594 University of Helsinki / Natural Resources Institute Finland Heddergott, Mike Mike Heddergott 0000-0003-4536-5508 Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle Luxembourg Lang, Johannes Johannes Lang 0000-0002-7387-795X Justus-Liebig-University Niedziałkowska, Magdalena Magdalena Niedziałkowska 0000-0002-7746-4116 Polish Academy of Sciences Borowik, Tomasz Tomasz Borowik 0000-0003-0321-8200 Polish Academy of Sciences Wiley text eng To provide the most comprehensive picture of species phylogeny and phylogeography of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), we analyzed 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 (an introgression of C. pygargus mtDNA into C. capreolus). The Siberian lineage was most frequent in the eastern part of the continent and declined toward Central Europe. The European lineage contained three clades (Central, Eastern, and Western) composed of several haplogroups, many of which were separated in space. The Western clade appeared to have a discontinuous range from Portugal to Russia. Most of the haplogroups 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. The high genetic diversity of extant roe deer is the result of their survival during the LGM probably in a large, contiguous range spanning from the Iberian Peninsula to the Caucasus Mts and in two northern refugia. Mitochondrial-Dna; Genetic-Structure; Common Vole; Postglacial Colonization; Population-Growth; Eastern-Europe; Diversity; Pygargus; L.; Differentiation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/api/object/o:1978/download 10.1002/ece3.8931 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:605 application/pdf Ecology and Evolution 12(5) (2022) Ecology and Evolution 12 5 1.25 MB 2022