Tracing the maternal roots of the domestic Red Mountain Cattle

The Red Mountain Cattle (RHV) is an important native ancient breed from the lower mountain ranges of Central Europe, which was originally raised for milk and meat production and as draught animal. In the 1980s, the RHV was close to extinction and only the sperm of a single purebreed bull and a few c...

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Published inMitochondrial DNA. Part A. DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 1080 - 1083
Main Authors Ludwig, Arne, Lieckfeldt, Dietmar, Hesse, Uwe G. W., Froelich, Kai
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis 03.03.2016
Subjects
Ancient breed
Animals
Breeding
Cattle - genetics
conservation
domestication
entire mitochondrial genome
genetic diversity
Genome, Mitochondrial - genetics
Rotes Höhenvieh
genetic diversity
conservation
entire mitochondrial genome
Rotes Höhenvieh
domestication
Ancient breed
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Summary:The Red Mountain Cattle (RHV) is an important native ancient breed from the lower mountain ranges of Central Europe, which was originally raised for milk and meat production and as draught animal. In the 1980s, the RHV was close to extinction and only the sperm of a single purebreed bull and a few cows were available for breed formation. In this study the mitogenomes were sequenced of RHV from six maternal founder lineages. We observed six novel mitogenomes which have not been found in any other cattle breed so far. The RHV mitogenomes are grouped phylogenetically in the T-haplogroup indicating a South European origin and supporting their primitive position within the taurine breeds.
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ISSN:2470-1394
2470-1408
DOI:10.3109/19401736.2014.928875