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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ATP6 MITOCHONDRIAL GENE DIVERSITY IN ARABIAN AND NON-ARABIAN HORSE BREEDS
M. M. M. Ahmed, A. Sheikh1, M. H. Z. Mutwakil, K. S.Saini, F. A.S. Alsulaimany, A. A EL Hanafy, J. S. M. Sabir

M. M. M. Ahmed1,2, A. Sheikh1*, M. H. Z. Mutwakil1, K. S.Saini1, F. A.S. Alsulaimany1, A. A EL Hanafy1,2 and J. S. M. Sabir1


*1Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, PO Box 80203, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, KSA.
2Nucleic Acids Research Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications, Alexandria, Egypt.

Corresponding Author: sheikh060606@gmail.com
Page Number(s): 437-444
Published Online First: April 01, 2016
Publication Date: April 01, 2016
ABSTRACT

Arabian horse breeds are famous for their strength, disease resistance and endurance. Originating from Arabian Peninsula, their progeny is considered among the best horse breeds of the world. Maternally inherited mitochondrial genome represents high genetic diversity in modern horse population. ATP6 gene of mt DNA from 46 horse samples of Middle Eastern Arabian, Western Arabian, mixed (hybrid) Arabians and non-Arabians were sequenced and analyzed to assess the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among them. We have found nine haplotypes in our study. Totally, 99-nucleotide base substitutions were observed with seven variables, which accounted for six transitions and one transversion. Four single nucleotide polymorphismswereobserved in our study. Arabian horse breeds showed high diversity and shared many haplotypes among the population.The observed haplotype diversity and the average evolutionary divergence over all the sequence pairs were 0.8141 and 0.007 respectively.In addition, these datasets may also be useful for strain genotyping, data conservation, effective breeding and individual breed selection for desirable traits.

Keywords: Genetic Diversity, Mitochondrial DNA, ATP6 gene, Arabian horse
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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