Mitochondrial diversity of Yoruba and Fulani chickens: A biodiversity reservoir in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Poultry are the most widely distributed type of livestock in Nigeria. Indigenous chickens are extremely common throughout the country. Indeed, approximately 83 million chickens are raised in extensive systems and 60 million in semi-intensive systems. To provide the first comprehensive overview of the maternal lineages in Southwest Nigeria, we analyzed 96 mitochondrial DNA control region sequences from 2 indigenous chicken ecotypes: Fulani and Yoruba. All samples belonged to the most frequent haplogroup (E) in Africa and Europe and showed noticeably low haplotype diversity. Although only 11 different haplotypes were detected, with 2 of them never found before in Nigeria, the presence of unique sequences among our indigenous samples testified to their status as an important genetic resource

SUBMITTER: Lasagna E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7597645 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature