Evolutionary history of Mexican domesticated and wild Meleagris gallopavo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The distribution of the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) extends from Mexico to southeastern Canada and to the eastern and southern regions of the USA. Six subspecies have been described based on morphological characteristics and/or geographical variations in wild and domesticated populations. In this paper, based on DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial D-loop, we investigated the genetic diversity and structure, genealogical relationships, divergence time and demographic history of M. gallopavo populations including domesticated individuals.

Results

Analyses of 612 wild and domesticated turkey mitochondrial D-loop sequences, including 187 that were collected for this study and 425 from databases, revealed 64 haplotypes with few mutations, some of which are s

SUBMITTER: Padilla-Jacobo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905111 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature