polymorphisms of two y chromosome microsatellites in chinese cattle两个y染色体的多态性微卫星在中国牛.pdf

Genet. Sel. Evol. 38 (2006) 525–534 525 c INRA, EDP Sciences, 2006 DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006019 Original article Polymorphisms of two Y chromosome microsatellites in Chinese cattle a ab∗ a a a Xin C , Hong C , Shan W , Kai X , Chuzhao L a College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest AF University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural Molecular Biology, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China b Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, China (Received 15 December 2005; accepted 18 April 2006) Abstract – Two Y chromosome specific microsatellites UMN2404 and UMN0103 were geno- typed and assessed for polymorphisms in a total of 423 unrelated males from 25 indigenous Chinese cattle breeds. Consistently, both microsatellites displayed specific indicine and tau- rine alleles in each bull examined. The indicine and taurine alleles were detected in 248 males (58.6%), and 175 males (41.4%), respectively, although these frequencies varied amongst dif- ferent breeds examined. The indicine alleles dominated in the southern group (92.4%), while the taurine alleles dominated in the northern group (95.5%). Hainan Island was possibly the site for the origin of Chinese zebu, and Tibetan cattle were probably independently domest