Evidence for independent domestication of sheep mtDNA lineage A in India and introduction of lineage B through Arabian sea route.

ABSTRACT: India ranks the second in the world in terms of its sheep population with approximately 74.26 million represented by 44 well-described breeds in addition to several non-descript populations. Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Indian sheep breeds remain poorly understood, particularly for south Indian breeds. To have a comprehensive view of the domestication history of Indian sheep, we sequenced the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (D-loop) and cytochrome b gene (CYTB) of 16 Indian domestic sheep breeds, most of them (13) from the south India. We analysed these sequences along with published data of domestic and wild sheep from different countries, including India. The haplotype diversity was relatively high in Indian sheep, which were classified into the three known mtDNA line

SUBMITTER: Kamalakkannan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492717 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature