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T1 MITOCHONDRIAL DNA D-LOOP SEQUENCE BASED PHYLOGENY OF PAKISTANI BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS)
A1 M. Y. Zahoor1
A1 M. Imran
A1 Z. Zaheer
A1 T. Mahmood
A1 I. Rashid
A1 K. Ashraf
A1 M. Iqbal
A1 W. Shehzad
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 26
IS 6
SP 1886
OP 1889
YR 2016
FD 2016/12/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>It is uncertain whether domestication of Pakistani river buffalo (<em>Bubalus bubalis</em>) occurred together with or independent of other buffalo species/subtypes. Sequence analysis of the mtDNA D-loop region of Pakistani buffaloes revealed a total of 24 polymorphic sites and 4 haplotypes. These haplotypes were compared in phylogenetic trees with 347 additional mtDNA D-loop sequences already reported for river and swamp buffaloes. All phylogenetic trees revealed two major clades: the river buffalo and the swamp buffalo clade. Among the river buffalo clade were present a number of subclades representing distinct matrilineal and geographic origins. These findings indicate that multiple domestication events have occurred in river buffalo, leading to independent expansion of some maternal lineages with minimum introgression from wild populations.</p>
K1 Bubalus bubalis, domestication, genetic diversity, water buffalo, Pakistan
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2016-JAPS-246