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Mitochondrial DNA analysis provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic goat

Journal

SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH
Volume 90, Issue 1-3, Pages 41-46

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.12.011

Keywords

mtDNA control region; Ancient DNA; Domestic goat

Funding

  1. Ministry of Science and Technology of the, People's Republic of China [2006BAK21B03]
  2. National Science, Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research [J0530184]
  3. Jilin University [2008ZZ029]
  4. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20080430156]
  5. [200902491]

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Many studies have focused on modern goats, however, few reports focused on origin and genetic structure of Chinese ancient goats. In this study, we analyzed the 289-bp fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 14 Chinese ancient goats excavated from two archaeological sites in Inner Mongolia, China dating back about 2500 years. 10 haplotypes were successfully obtained from the 14 ancient goats. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the multiple maternal origins of Chinese domestic goats, three mtDNA lineages A, B, and D were identified in the Chinese ancient individuals, in which lineage A was predominant (70%), lineages B was moderate (20%), and lineage D was present at low frequency (10%). The network analysis showed that lineage B was subdivided into two subgroups B1 and B2. One of the Chinese ancient goats shared the founder haplotype in the center of subgroup B1, and the shared sequences of the founder haplotypes of subgroups B1 and B2 distributed mainly in China. These results implied that lineage B including subgroups B1 and B2 probably originated from China, and further supported the hypothesis that China may be one of the goat domestication centers. In addition, the analysis of shared sequences indicated that the ancient goats from Inner Mongolia were closely genetically related to Chinese modern goats, suggesting that the ancient goats from Inner Mongolia had the genetic contribution to Chinese modern goats. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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