Y‐specific microsatellites reveal an African subfamily in taurine (Bos taurus) cattle
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Five cattle Y-specific microsatellites, totalling six loci, were selected from a set of 44 markers and genotyped on 608 Bos taurus males belonging to 45 cattle populations from Europe and Africa. A total of 38 haplotypes were identified. Haplogroups (Y1 and Y2) previously defined using single nucleotide polymorphisms did not share haplotypes. Nine of the 27 Y2-haplotypes were only present in African cattle. Network and correspondence analyses showed that this African-specific subfamily clustered separately from the main Y2-subfamily and the Y1 haplotypes. Within-breed genetic variability was generally low, with most breeds (78%) showing haplotypes belonging to a single haplogroup. AMOVA analysis showed that partitioning of genetic variation among breeds can be mainly explained by their geographical and haplogroup assignment. Between-breed genetic variability summarized via Principal Component Analysis allowed the identification of three principal components explaining 94.2% of the available information. Projection of principal components on geographical maps illustrated that cattle populations located in mainland Europe, the three European Peninsulas and Mediterranean Africa presented similar genetic variation, whereas those breeds from Atlantic Europe and British Islands (mainly carrying Y1 haplotypes) and those from Sub-Saharan Africa (belonging to Y2-haplogroup) showed genetic variation of a different origin. Our study confirmed the existence of two large Y-chromosome lineages (Y1 and Y2) in taurine cattle. However, Y-specific microsatellites increased analytical resolution and allowed at least two different Y2-haplotypic subfamilies to be distinguished, one of them restricted to the African continent.
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Approximately 7000 years ago, taurine cattle were distributed in southern Egypt and across the African continent, established by the T1 mtDNA lineage, which is now characteristic of African cattle.
“Approximately 7000 years ago, taurine cattle were distributed in southern Egypt and across the African continent, established by the T1 mtDNA lineage, which is now characteristic of African cattle [26,37,38,45].”
From The Genomic Landscape of Cattle: Domestication, Dispersal, and Adaptive Evolution (2026) · cites this paper as [37]
The Discussion (page not specified in our copy) refers to “African T1 mtDNA haplotypes” and distinctive mtDNA variation in African taurine cattle. It does not establish that taurine cattle were distributed in southern Egypt and across Africa approximately 7,000 years ago, or that the T1 lineage demonstrates that historical distribution. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe mtDNA I1 haplogroup and Y3b sub-haplogroup are widely distributed in India and other parts of the world, while Y3a sub-haplogroup predominates in southern China and Southeast Asia.
“The mtDNA I1 haplogroup and Y3b sub-haplogroup are widely distributed in India and other parts of the world, while Y3a sub-haplogroup predominates in southern China and Southeast Asia [6,9,36,37].”
From The Genomic Landscape of Cattle: Domestication, Dispersal, and Adaptive Evolution (2026) · cites this paper as [37]
The Abstract and Results examine Y1 and Y2 lineages in taurine cattle sampled in Europe and Africa. Searches for Y3a, Y3b, mtDNA I1, India, southern China, and Southeast Asia found no passage addressing the claimed distributions. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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- Pérez‐Pardal, L., Royo, L. J., Beja‐Pereira, A., Curik, I., Traoré, A., Fernández, I., Sölkner, J., Alonso, J., Álvarez, I., Bozzi, R., Chen, S., Ponce de León, F. A., & Goyache, F.
- Affiliations
- Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (ES)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Institut de l'Environnement et Recherches Agricoles (BF)
- BOKU University (AT)
- Universidad de Oviedo (ES)
- University of Florence (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Goyache, F.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Animal Genetics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-05-06
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 232-241
- ISSN
- 0268-9146 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2052
- OpenAlex
- W1638276029
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- 61
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
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- Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
- Keywords
- Y-chromosome haplotypes, African cattle, taurine cattle, cattle, Y-chromosome lineages, population structure
- MeSH terms
- Africa, Animals, Cattle, Europe, Male, Phylogeny, Y Chromosome, Microsatellite Repeats, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Chromosomes, Mammalian
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