Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping
Mongolian goats are of great interest for studying ancient migration routes and domestication, and also represent a good model of adaptability to harsh environments. Recent climatic disasters and uncontrolled massive breeding endangered the valuable genetic resources of Mongolian goats and raised th...
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| author | Vera Mukhina Gulnara Svishcheva Valery Voronkova Yurii Stolpovsky Aleksei Piskunov |
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| description | Mongolian goats are of great interest for studying ancient migration routes and domestication, and also represent a good model of adaptability to harsh environments. Recent climatic disasters and uncontrolled massive breeding endangered the valuable genetic resources of Mongolian goats and raised the question of their conservation status. Meanwhile, Mongolian goats have never been studied on genomic scale. We used Illumina Goat SNP50 to estimate genetic risks in five Mongolian goat breeds (Buural, Ulgii Red, Gobi GS, Erchim, Dorgon) and explored phylogenic relationships among these populations and in the context of other breeds. Various clustering methods showed that Mongolian goats grouped with other Asian breeds and were especially close to some neighboring Russian and Chinese breeds. The Buural breed showed the lowest estimates of inbreeding and exhibited the shortest genetic distances within the other Mongolian breeds, especially, to Ulgii Red and Gobi GS. These three breeds formed a single core group, being weakly differentiated from each other. Among them, Gobi GS displayed obvious signs of inbreeding probably resulted from artificial selection pressure. Dorgon and especially Erchim goats stand apart from the other Mongolian breeds according to various types of analyses, and bear unique features pointing to different breeding histories or distinct origins of these breeds. All populations showed strong decline in effective population size. However, none of them met formal criteria to be considered as endangered breeds. The SNP data obtained in this study improved the knowledge of Mongolian goat breeds and could be used in future management decisions in order to preserve their genetic diversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0af7c7ed6f2348c385a53a546f7038522023-11-23T15:46:07ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-01-0112322110.3390/ani12030221Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP GenotypingVera Mukhina0Gulnara Svishcheva1Valery Voronkova2Yurii Stolpovsky3Aleksei Piskunov4Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, RussiaVavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, RussiaVavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, RussiaVavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, RussiaVavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, RussiaMongolian goats are of great interest for studying ancient migration routes and domestication, and also represent a good model of adaptability to harsh environments. Recent climatic disasters and uncontrolled massive breeding endangered the valuable genetic resources of Mongolian goats and raised the question of their conservation status. Meanwhile, Mongolian goats have never been studied on genomic scale. We used Illumina Goat SNP50 to estimate genetic risks in five Mongolian goat breeds (Buural, Ulgii Red, Gobi GS, Erchim, Dorgon) and explored phylogenic relationships among these populations and in the context of other breeds. Various clustering methods showed that Mongolian goats grouped with other Asian breeds and were especially close to some neighboring Russian and Chinese breeds. The Buural breed showed the lowest estimates of inbreeding and exhibited the shortest genetic distances within the other Mongolian breeds, especially, to Ulgii Red and Gobi GS. These three breeds formed a single core group, being weakly differentiated from each other. Among them, Gobi GS displayed obvious signs of inbreeding probably resulted from artificial selection pressure. Dorgon and especially Erchim goats stand apart from the other Mongolian breeds according to various types of analyses, and bear unique features pointing to different breeding histories or distinct origins of these breeds. All populations showed strong decline in effective population size. However, none of them met formal criteria to be considered as endangered breeds. The SNP data obtained in this study improved the knowledge of Mongolian goat breeds and could be used in future management decisions in order to preserve their genetic diversity.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/3/221SNP genotypingMongolian goatsbreedconservational genetics |
| spellingShingle | Vera Mukhina Gulnara Svishcheva Valery Voronkova Yurii Stolpovsky Aleksei Piskunov Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping Animals SNP genotyping Mongolian goats breed conservational genetics |
| title | Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping |
| title_full | Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping |
| title_fullStr | Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping |
| title_short | Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Phylogeny of Indigenous Goats of Mongolia Revealed by SNP Genotyping |
| title_sort | genetic diversity population structure and phylogeny of indigenous goats of mongolia revealed by snp genotyping |
| topic | SNP genotyping Mongolian goats breed conservational genetics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/3/221 |
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