Persian gazelle ( Gazelle subgutturosa ) is one of the most important
species in the world with its wide distribution in Iran The greatest
number of this species in Iran is associated with the gazelles in
Sohrain plain in Sorkhabad protected region in Zanjan province.
Considering the significance of this species in the region and the fact
that no genetic studies have been conducted to determine the status of
this species, such genetic investigations were carried out in this
study, 54 samples of the species hunted in 2005 were applied in this
study. The samples were subjected for sequencing on D-LOOP region of
the mtDNA. The results of this study indicated 17 polymorphism sites
and 6 haplotypes in the region Haplotype type 1 and 5 with 72 and 1.85
percent presented the highest and lowest frequency in the population of
gazelles. Based on the results obtained, the degree of variety of
haplotypes in the population of gazelles of Sohrain region was
estimated at 0.46 and nucleotide diversitywas 0.84%. Based on
theresults ofthisstudyone can predict thatpopulation could be
endangered owing to genetic depletion