Article
Paternal origins of Chinese cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2013
Li R, Zhang X M, Campana M G, Huang J P, Chang Z H, Qi X B, Shi H, Su B, Zhang R F, Lan X Y, Chen H, Lei C Z
Abstract excerpt
To determine the genetic diversity and paternal origin of Chinese cattle, 302 males from 16 Chinese native cattle breeds as well as 30 Holstein males and four Burma males as controls were analysed using four Y-SNPs and two Y-STRs. In Chinese bulls, the taurine Y1 and Y2 haplogroups and indicine Y3 haplogroup were detected in seven, 172 and 123 individuals respectively, and these frequencies varied among the...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- China
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Fathers
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats