Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin.

ABSTRACT: The present study is the first comprehensive report on diversity, population structure, genetic admixture and mitochondrial DNA variation in South Indian draught type zebu cattle. The diversity of South Indian cattle was moderately high. A significantly strong negative correlation coefficient of -0.674 (P<0.05) was observed between the effective population size of different breeds and their estimated FIS. The genetic structure analysis revealed the distinctness of Kangayam, Vechur and Punganur cattle from the rest of the zebu breeds. The results showed the influence of Hallikar breed in the development of most Mysore type cattle breeds of South India with the exception of Kangayam. Bayesian clustering analysis was performed to assess the taurine admixture in South Indian zebu cattle using

SUBMITTER: Manomohan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8143428 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature