Phylogeography and domestication of Indian river buffalo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The water buffalo- Bubalus bubalis holds tremendous potential in livestock sector in many Asian countries, particularly India. The origin, domestication and genetic structure of the Indian river buffalo are poorly understood. Therefore, to understand the relationship among the maternal lineages of Indian river buffalo breeds and their domestication process, we analysed mitochondrial D-loop region of 217 animals representing eight breeds from eight different locations in India along with published sequences of Mediterranean buffalo.

Results

The maximum parsimony tree showed one major clade with six internal branches. Reduced median network revealed expansion from more than one set of haplotypes indicating complex domestication events for this species. In addition,

SUBMITTER: Kumar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2140268 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature