title: Genetic Diversity of Western Caucasus Red Deer (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758) Based on Cytochrome b Gene Study
abstract: The analysis of polymorphism of the cytochrome b gene (1140 bp) of mtDNA of 20 Cervus elaphus samples from the Caucasian Reserve was carried out. The described haplotypes were included in three haplogroups, two of which belong to the western and one to the eastern lineages. Among the western lineage, a haplotype was identified that, together with ancient haplotypes from Greece, Krasnodar Krai and postglacial samples from Crimea, forms a haplogroup distanced from other haplogroups of the western 
journal: Biology Bulletin