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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the origins and phylogenetic relationships of domestic sheep, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 243 sheep of five European, one African, and four Asian breeds and several mouflon (Ovis musimon), urial (O. vignei bochariensis), and argali (O. ammon nigrimontana, O. a. collium) were assayed for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP). Twenty haplotypes were identified which occurred in three major phlogenetic groups: urial/argali, mouflon/domestic, and domestic sheep. From the branches that contain mouflon and domestic sheep, two major domestic sheep lineages are apparent. One lineage, termed European lineage, contains the majority of haplotypes detected among European domestic sheep. These mtDNAs resemble mouflon haplotypes. The other lineage, termed Asian lineage, consists of haplotypes found in central Asian and some European domestic sheep. The mean sequence difference between these two lineages (0.72%) is of similar magnitude as that between two argali subspecies. To accurately estimate sequence differences between the European and Asian mtDNA types, the mitochondrial control region of one animal from each lineage and of one mouflon and urial were completely sequenced. Sequence comparisons show that Asian and European domestic sheep lineages differ by 4.43%. The mouflon sequences diverges from the Asian type by 4.52%, but by only 1.36% from the European type. Our data supports the hypothesis that some modern domestic sheep and European mouflon derive from a common ancestor and provide evidence of an additional wild ancestor, other than the urial and argali groups, which has yet to be identified.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-1503
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Africa, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Animals, Domestic, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Animals, Wild, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Asia, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Europe, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Genomic Imprinting, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:9542158-Species Specificity
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that domestic sheep are derived from two different ancestral maternal sources: no evidence for contributions from urial and argali sheep.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. stefan.hiendleder@agrar.uni-giessen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't