Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese yak breeds (Bos grunniens) using microsatellite markers

作     者：Guixiang Zhang Weisheng Chen Ming Xue Zhigang Wang Hong Chang Xu Han Xinjun Liao Donglei Wang 

作者机构：National Center of Preservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources of Domestic Animals and Forage National Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Service Beijing 100094 China NationalAnimal Husbandry Service Beijing 100026 China College of Animal Science and Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou 225009 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》 (遗传学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第35卷第4期

页      面：233-238页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 07[理学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学] 071002[理学-动物学] 

基　　金：the Project of Measurement of Genetic Distances amongst Chinese Indigenous Bovine Breeds Finance Department of Ministry of Agriculture No. 9) 

主　　题：Chinese yak breeds microsatellite genetic diversity population structure 

摘      要：Nine Chinese yak breeds （Maiwa, Tianzhu White, Qinghai Plateau, Sibu, Zhongdian, Pali, Tibetan High Mountain, Jiulong, and Xinjiang） and Gayal were analyzed by means of 16 microsatellite markers to determine the level of genetic variation within populations, genetic relationship between populations, and population structure for each breed. A total of 206 microsatellite alleles were observed. Mean F-statistics （0.056） for 9 yak breeds indicated that 94.4% of the genetic variation was observed within yak breeds and 5.6% of the genetic variation existed amongst breeds. The Neighbor-Joining phylogenetic tree was constructed based on Nei＇s standard genetic distances and two clusters were obtained. The Gayal separated from the yaks far away and formed one cluster and 9 yak breeds were grouped together. The analysis of population structure for 9 yak breeds and the Gayal showed that they resulted in four clusters; one cluster includes yaks from Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province, one cluster combines Zhongdian, Maiwa, and Tianzhu White, and Jiulong and Xinjiang come into the third cluster. Pali was mainly in the first cluster （90%）, Jiulong was mainly in the second cluster （87.1%）, Zhongdian was primarily in the third cluster （83%）, and the other yak breeds were distributed in two to three clusters. The Gayal was positively left in the fourth cluster （99.3%）.