Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region
The Mountainous Meihua chicken is a unique regional germplasm resource from Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, China, but its genetic structure and evolutionary relationships with other native chicken breeds in the Sichuan region remain unclear. Here, we analyzed a total of 469 sequences, including 199...
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| author | Bo Ran Wei Zhu Xiaoling Zhao Linxiang Li Zhixin Yi Miao Li Tao Wang Diyan Li |
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| description | The Mountainous Meihua chicken is a unique regional germplasm resource from Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, China, but its genetic structure and evolutionary relationships with other native chicken breeds in the Sichuan region remain unclear. Here, we analyzed a total of 469 sequences, including 199 Mountainous Meihua chicken sequences generated in this study, together with 30 sequences representing 13 clades and 240 sequences from seven different Sichuan local chicken breeds downloaded from NCBI. These sequences were further used to analyze genetic diversity, patterns of population differentiation, and phylogenetic relationships between groups. We show that Mountainous Meihua chicken mtDNA sequences have high haplotypic and nucleotide diversity (0.876 and 0.012, respectively) and with a T bias that is suggestive of good breeding potential. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Mountainous Meihua chickens belong to clades A, B, E, and G and have a low affinity to other chicken breeds, with a moderate degree of differentiation. A non-significant Tajima’s D indicates that no demographic expansions occurred in the past. Finally, the four maternal lineages identified in Mountainous Meihua chicken showed unique genetic characteristics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc85365181914cd3a086e202178733fa2023-11-18T01:29:04ZengMDPI AGGenes2073-44252023-04-0114599810.3390/genes14050998Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control RegionBo Ran0Wei Zhu1Xiaoling Zhao2Linxiang Li3Zhixin Yi4Miao Li5Tao Wang6Diyan Li7School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, ChinaBazhong Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Bazhong 610066, ChinaBazhong Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Bazhong 610066, ChinaBazhong Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Bazhong 610066, ChinaSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, ChinaSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, ChinaThe Mountainous Meihua chicken is a unique regional germplasm resource from Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, China, but its genetic structure and evolutionary relationships with other native chicken breeds in the Sichuan region remain unclear. Here, we analyzed a total of 469 sequences, including 199 Mountainous Meihua chicken sequences generated in this study, together with 30 sequences representing 13 clades and 240 sequences from seven different Sichuan local chicken breeds downloaded from NCBI. These sequences were further used to analyze genetic diversity, patterns of population differentiation, and phylogenetic relationships between groups. We show that Mountainous Meihua chicken mtDNA sequences have high haplotypic and nucleotide diversity (0.876 and 0.012, respectively) and with a T bias that is suggestive of good breeding potential. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Mountainous Meihua chickens belong to clades A, B, E, and G and have a low affinity to other chicken breeds, with a moderate degree of differentiation. A non-significant Tajima’s D indicates that no demographic expansions occurred in the past. Finally, the four maternal lineages identified in Mountainous Meihua chicken showed unique genetic characteristics.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/5/998Mountainous Meihua chickenmtDNAD-loopgenetic diversitymaternal lineage |
| spellingShingle | Bo Ran Wei Zhu Xiaoling Zhao Linxiang Li Zhixin Yi Miao Li Tao Wang Diyan Li Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Genes Mountainous Meihua chicken mtDNA D-loop genetic diversity maternal lineage |
| title | Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region |
| title_full | Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region |
| title_fullStr | Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region |
| title_short | Studying Genetic Diversity and Relationships between Mountainous Meihua Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Control Region |
| title_sort | studying genetic diversity and relationships between mountainous meihua chickens using mitochondrial dna control region |
| topic | Mountainous Meihua chicken mtDNA D-loop genetic diversity maternal lineage |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/5/998 |
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