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New insights into mitogenomic phylogeny and copy number in eight indigenous sheep populations based on the ATP synthase and cytochrome c oxidase genes.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jul 2018
Xiao P, Niu L L, Zhao Q J, Chen X Y, Wang L J, Li L, Zhang H P, Guo J Z, Xu H Y, Zhong T
Abstract excerpt
The origins and phylogeny of different sheep breeds has been widely studied using polymorphisms within the mitochondrial hypervariable region. However, little is known about the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and phylogeny based on mtDNA protein-coding genes. In this study, we assessed the phylogeny and copy number of the mtDNA in eight indigenous (population size, n=184) and three introduced (n=66) sheep...
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