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SUBMITTER: Yue XP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3577850 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yue Xiang-Peng XP Li Ran R Xie Wen-Mei WM Xu Ping P Chang Ti-Cheng TC Liu Li L Cheng Feng F Zhang Run-Feng RF Lan Xian-Yong XY Chen Hong H Lei Chu-Zhao CZ
PloS one 20130220 2
To further probe into whether swamp buffaloes were domesticated once or multiple times in China, this survey examined the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Control Region (D-loop) diversity of 471 individuals representing 22 populations of 455 Chinese swamp buffaloes and 16 river buffaloes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Chinese swamp buffaloes could be divided into two distinct lineages, A and B, which were defined previously. Of the two lineages, lineage A was predominant across all populations. ...[more]