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MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART A
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 485-494Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2017.1307976
Keywords
High-altitude adaptation; MT-ND1 gene; MT-ND2 gene; Tibetan yak
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- 13th Five-Year Breeding Research projects in Sichuan [2016NYZ0046]
- China Agricultural Research System [CARS-44-A-2]
- Sichuan Agricultural University
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Tibetan yak (Bos grunniens) inhabiting the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) where the average altitude is 4000 m, is specially adapted to live at these altitudes. Conversely, cattle (B. taurus) has been found to suffer from high-altitude hypertension or heart failure when exposed to these high altitudes. Two mitochondrial genes, MT-ND1 and MT-ND2 encode two subunits of NADH dehydrogenase play an essential role in the electron transport chain of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). We sequenced these two mitochondrial genes in two bovine groups (70 Tibetan yaks and 70 Xuanhan cattle) and downloaded 300 sequences of B. taurus (cattle), 93 sequences of B. grunniens (domestic yak), and 2 sequences of B. mutus (wild yak) from NCBI to increase our understanding of the mechanisms of adaptability to hypoxia at high altitudes in yaks compared to cattle. MT-ND1 SNP m.3907 C > T, present in all Tibetan yaks, was positively associated with high-altitude adaptation (p < .0006). Specially, mutation m.3638A > G present in all cattle, resulting in the termination of transcription, was negatively associated with high-altitude adaptation (p < .0006). Additionally, MT-ND2 SNPs m.4351 G >A and m-1.5218 C > T also showed positive associations with high-altitude adaptation (p < .0004). MT-ND1 haplotypes H2, H3, H4, H6, and H7 showed positive associations but haplotype H2O had a negative association with high -altitude adaptation (p < .0008). Similarly, MT-ND2 haplotypes Hal Ha8, HalO, and Hall were positively associated whereas haplotype Hat was negatively associated with adaptability to high -altitudes (p < .0008). Thus, MT-ND1 and MT-ND2 can be considered as candidate genes associated with adaptation to high -altitude environments.
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