A Preliminary Inbreeding Study of Malaysian Endangered Southern River Terrapin (Batagur Affinis) from Captive Population of Bota Kanan, Perak and Wild Population of Kemaman, Terengganu

N. A. Ismail, P-N. Chen, L. Abd Manaf, A. Ismail, N. I. Ab. Ghani

2018

Abstract

The effects of inbreeding are important in conservation genetic studies of endangered animals. Inbreeding can leads to inbreeding depression due to low level of genetic diversity in a population. Consequently affect population growth and viability. Hence, it is a major concern in many conservation programs of endangered animals to avoid the effects of inbreeding and at the same time maintain the genetic diversity. To date, information about inbreeding and genetic diversity can be assessed using molecular markers such as microsatellites. In this study, a preliminary inbreeding information of Malaysian endangered Southern river terrapin (Batagur affinis) from two populations: (i) Bota Kanan, Perak (captive population), and (ii) Kemaman, Terengganu (wild population) were studied using nine cross-species microsatellites. It was found that inbreeding was higher in Bota Kanan population than Kemaman population (Fis = 0.57 c.f. Fis = 0.43). Bota Kanan population also carried lower genetic diversity than Kemaman population (HO = 0.29 c.f. HO = 0.40). Hence, suggests that including genetics information to improve the current breeding program and further genetics study to access various life-history traits in Bota Kanan population is necessary. In addition, study to estimate effective population size and to access various life-history traits are also needed for Kemaman population to avoid inbreeding in the near future.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ismail N., Chen P., Manaf L., Ismail A. and Ghani N. (2018). A Preliminary Inbreeding Study of Malaysian Endangered Southern River Terrapin (Batagur Affinis) from Captive Population of Bota Kanan, Perak and Wild Population of Kemaman, Terengganu. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD, ISBN 978-989-758-543-2, pages 500-506. DOI: 10.5220/0009905200002480

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icnrsd18,
author={N. A. Ismail and P-N. Chen and L. Abd Manaf and A. Ismail and N. I. Ab. Ghani},
title={A Preliminary Inbreeding Study of Malaysian Endangered Southern River Terrapin (Batagur Affinis) from Captive Population of Bota Kanan, Perak and Wild Population of Kemaman, Terengganu},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,},
year={2018},
pages={500-506},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009905200002480},
isbn={978-989-758-543-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,
TI - A Preliminary Inbreeding Study of Malaysian Endangered Southern River Terrapin (Batagur Affinis) from Captive Population of Bota Kanan, Perak and Wild Population of Kemaman, Terengganu
SN - 978-989-758-543-2
AU - Ismail N.
AU - Chen P.
AU - Manaf L.
AU - Ismail A.
AU - Ghani N.
PY - 2018
SP - 500
EP - 506
DO - 10.5220/0009905200002480