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The phylogeographic system survey of native sheep breeds in the eastern and southern Central Asia
Author(s) -
Sun W.,
Chang H.,
Tsunoda K.,
Musa H.H.,
Yang Z.P.,
Ma Y.H.,
Guan W.J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of animal breeding and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1439-0388
pISSN - 0931-2668
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00843.x
Subject(s) - inner mongolia , geography , china , phylogeography , genetic diversity , biology , phylogenetic tree , central asia , clade , demography , population , gene , archaeology , genetics , physical geography , sociology
Summary The genetic diversity and phylogenetic survey of native sheep breeds in the eastern and southern Central Asia were assessed in the present study. The clustering, principal components, structure and F statistics all demonstrate that the native sheep breeds in these regions be classified into two genetic groups: Mongolia‐Tibetan sheep group and South‐Southeast Asia sheep group. The Mongolia sheep group and the Tibetan sheep group had a certain degree of gene communication from the ancient times. In the present study we demonstrated that the Chinese native sheep populations belonged to Mongolia‐Tibetan sheep group. However, the relationships among the sheep populations in Mongolia sheep group in China were not closely related to the geographical distance among sheep populations.