Diversity and phylogeny of mitochondrial DNA isolated from mithun Bos frontalis located in Bhutan
Abstract
We sequenced the 16S rRNA gene in mitochondrial DNA to characterize mithun located in Bhutan and to increase our understanding of its origin. We compared mithun with yak, European cattle, Bhutanese zebu and Indian zebu. Sequencing revealed low nucleotide diversity within the mithun population and their phylogenetic proximity to gaur. A close relationship between Bhutanese mithun and gaur was confirmed by an additional comparison with wild gaur specimens from three locations in Bhutan. Direct domestication of mithun from gaur was supported, while maternal contribution from the cattle lineage during domestication was not supported.
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The majority of recent genetic studies have found evidence that B. frontalis is a domestic version of B. gaurus.
“Multiple studies in the last decade have genetically investigated whether B. frontalis is a domestic version of B. gaurus, and the majority of these studies have found evidence that this is indeed the case.”
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Bos frontalis is the domestic form of Bos gaurus.
“The mithun/gayal/mithan Bos frontalis, the domestic form of Bos gaurus, is found in northeastern India, Bhutan, Myanmar, and China.”
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- Authors
- Dorji, T., Mannen, H., Namikawa, T., Inamura, T., & Kawamoto, Y.
- Affiliations
- Royal Government of Bhutan (BT)
- Kobe University (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Aichi Prefectural University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Kawamoto, Y.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Animal Genetics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-09-07
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 554-556
- ISSN
- 0268-9146 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2052
- OpenAlex
- W1683193770
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 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
- mithun, Bos frontalis, mitochondrial DNA, 16S rRNA gene, phylogeny, genetic diversity, gaur, Bos gaurus, domestication, Bos indicus, yak, maternal lineage, Bhutan
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Bhutan, Cattle, DNA, Mitochondrial, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Genetic Variation
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