Research Article

Mitochondrial D-loop Sequence Variability in Three Native Insular Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) Populations from the Mediterranean Basin

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Bayesian rooted tree showing the evolutionary radiation of G. fulvus and clarifying the phylogenetic relationships among the four mtDNA haplotypes detected within the entire sample. Statistical support (PP ≥ 0.92) are indicated near each node. SGV: Sardinian griffon vulture; YGV: Cypriot griffon vulture; CGV: Cretan griffon vulture. Sequences from SGV_35 to SGV_15 (clockwise): Hpt A; from SGV_36 to SGV_7: Hpt B; from PAK to CGV_27: HPT-C, excluding CGV_2 and CGV_4 which belong to Hpt D. PAK: sequence from Pakistani individual (DQ908993); GAM: sequence from Gambian individual (DQ908994).