TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Origin of Chinese Leiqiong Cattle
AU - , Wang Lan-Ping AU - , Geng Rong-Qing AU - , Chang Hong 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 8
IS  - 7
SP  - 1312
EP  - 1315
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2009.1312.1315
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.1312.1315
KW  - mtDNA
KW  -origin
KW  -cyt b gene
KW  -Leiqiong cattle
KW  -haplotypes
KW  -China
AB  - To determine the origin and genetic diversity of Chinese Leiqiong cattle, the complete mtDNA cyt b gene sequences were analyzed. There haplotypes of 18 individuals were identified from 2 polymorphic sites with 1140 bp in lengh. The average haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity were 0.0741 and 0.0012 indicating rare genetic diversity in Leiqiong cattle. The nucleotide comparison also demonstrated a strong bias towards transition. A neighbor-joining tree was constructed and revealed that Leiqiong cattle only originated from <I>Bos indicus</I> and had no direct relationship with <I>Bos taurus</I>, <I>Bos grunniens</I> and <I>Bos javanicus </I>(banteng). The network relationships of haplotypes from <I>Bos indicus</I> supported the hypothesis that Chinese Leiqiong cattle and other Asian zebus possessed the independent domestication event. It was inferred an independent domestication centre of somewhere in south China.
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