Mitochondrial DNA variation and phylogeography of native Mongolian goats.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mongolia is one of a few countries that supports over 25 million goats, but genetic diversity, demographic history, and the origin of goat populations in Mongolia have not been well studied. This study was conducted to assess the genetic diversity, phylogenetic status and population structure of Mongolian native goats, as well as to discuss their origin together with other foreign breeds from different countries using hypervariable region 1 (HV1) in mtDNA.

Methods

In this study, we examined the genetic diversity and phylogenetic status of Mongolian native goat populations using a 452 base-pair long fragment of HVI of mitochondrial DNA from 174 individuals representing 12 populations. In addition, 329 previously published reference sequences from different regions w

SUBMITTER: Ganbold O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206382 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature