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Diversity and phylogeny of mitochondrial DNA isolated from mithun Bos frontalis located in Bhutan.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2010
Dorji T, Mannen H, Namikawa T, Inamura T, Kawamoto Y
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced the 16S rRNA gene in mitochondrial DNA to characterize mithun located in Bhutan and to increase our understanding of its origin. We compared mithun with yak, European cattle, Bhutanese zebu and Indian zebu. Sequencing revealed low nucleotide diversity within the mithun population and their phylogenetic proximity to gaur. A close relationship between Bhutanese mithun and gaur was confirmed by an...
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