Mitochondrial DNA diversity in wild gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus): evidence from extant and historical samples

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map showing sampling location of the wild gaur from the Melghat Tiger Reserve of Central India.

Table 1. D–loop and Cyt b dataset submitted to GenBank.

Sr. No.	Organism	Accession number	Origin	Marker
1	Bos gaurus gaurus	KF414734.1	MTR	D-loop
2	Bos gaurus gaurus	KF414735.1	MTR	D-loop
3	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233653.1	MTR	D-loop
4	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233654.1	MTR	D-loop
5	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233655.1	MTR	D-loop
6	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233656.1	MTR	D-loop
7	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233657.1	MTR	D-loop
8	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233658.1	MTR	D-loop
9	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233659.1	MTR	D-loop
10	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233660.1	MTR	D-loop
11	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233661.1	MTR	D-loop
12	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233662.1	MTR	D-loop
13	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233663.1	MTR	D-loop
14	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233664.1	MTR	D-loop
15	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233665.1	MTR	D-loop
16	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233666.1	MTR	D-loop
17	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233667.1	MTR	D-loop
18	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233668.1	MTR	D-loop
19	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233669.1	MTR	D-loop
20	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR233670.1	MTR	D-loop
21	Bos gaurus gaurus	MG018948	Museum ( Historical sample)	D-loop
22	Bos gaurus gaurus	KF414734	Environmental DNA	D-loop
23	Bos gaurus gaurus	KF414735	Environmental DNA	D-loop
24	Bos gaurus gaurus	MN365659	Museum ( Historical sample)	D-loop
25	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263847.1	MTR	Cyt b
26	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263848.1	MTR	Cyt b
27	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263849.1	MTR	Cyt b
28	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263850.1	MTR	Cyt b
29	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263850.1	MTR	Cyt b
30	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263851.1	MTR	Cyt b
31	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263852.1	MTR	Cyt b
32	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263853.1	MTR	Cyt b
33	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263854.1	MTR	Cyt b
34	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263855.1	MTR	Cyt b
35	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263856.1	MTR	Cyt b
36	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263857.1	MTR	Cyt b
37	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263858.1	MTR	Cyt b
38	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263859.1	MTR	Cyt b
39	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263860.1	MTR	Cyt b
40	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263861.1	MTR	Cyt b
41	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263862.1	MTR	Cyt b
42	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263863.1	MTR	Cyt b
43	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263864.1	MTR	Cyt b
44	Bos gaurus gaurus	KR263865.1	MTR	Cyt b

Figure 2. Mitochondrial D-loop sequence variation comparison in extant and historical wild gaur DNA samples.

Figure 3. The Bayesian Skyline Plot (BSP) showing past and present population dynamics of wild gaur. Numbers on the X-axis show time in thousand years and those on the Y-axis show effective population size (Ne). Note the distinct decline in effective population size around 5 kya onwards.