中国黄牛mtDNA D-loop遗传多样性及起源

黄牛自古以来就是我国一个重要的畜种,其经济、文化价值很高。我国是世界上黄牛品种资源最丰富的国家之一。据《中国牛品种志》介绍,把一些地区同种异名的黄牛品种合并以后,尚有28个地方黄牛品种,按照其地理分布区域分为北方黄牛、中原黄牛和南方黄牛三大类型(邱怀,1986)。如果把中国地方黄牛品种分得更细,则有49个固有品种(常洪,1995)。关于中国黄牛的起源,历来有不同的观点。一般认为,中国黄牛是多元起源的,但究竟起源于哪几个牛种,观点不一(陈宏等,1993;于汝梁等,1993;Yu et al.,1999;陈幼春,1990)。主要的观点有:(1)中国黄牛主要起源于…

Genetic diversity of mtDNA D-loop and origin of the Chinese cattle

Complete mitochondrial D-loop sequences of 140 samples obtained from 15 Chinese local cattle breeds were analyzed.The result showed 67 different haplotypes with 113 polymorphic sites.The haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity were 0.608-1.000 and 0.002-0.028,respectively,indicating abundant genetic diversity in Chinese cattle.The constructed Neighbor-Joining(NJ) tree revealed that there were two maternal origins of Bos taurus and Bos indicus in Chinese cattle.Among them,the Bos taurus lineage had rich mtDNA genetic diversity,while Bos indicus lineage had poor mtDNA genetic diversity,respectively.It can be concluded that the cattle in Northern China originated from the Bos taurus lineage,while the cattle in Central China and Southern China originated from Bos taurus and Bos indicus lineages.In our study,two mtDNA haplotypes belonging to African cattle were detected,thus providing molecular evidence for an African lineage in Chinese cattle.