Article
Mitochondrial DNA D-loop hyper-variable region 1 variability in Kurdish horse breed.
Veterinary medicine and science - 1 Mar 2023
Nikbakhsh Milad, Varkoohi Sheida, Seyedabadi Hamid Reza
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kurdish horse is one of the most valuable horse genetic resources in the Middle East. OBJECTIVES: To assess the genetic diversity of Kurdish horses, Mitochondrial DNA D-loop hyper-variable region1 (HVR1) was sequenced in 29 non-related Kurdish horses which were sampled from diverse geographic regions of Iran. METHODS: Total DNA was extracted from the collected blood samples by modified salting out...
Topics
- Horses
- Animals
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Phylogeny
- Iran
- Genetic Variation
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Nucleotides
