Genetic Characterization of the Aceh Cattle Using Phenotypic, Mitochondrial DNA of D‐Loop Region and Microsatellite DNA Analyses

• Published in: Reproduction in domestic animals Vol. 47; no. s1; pp. 15 - 17
• Main Authors: Abdullah, MAN, Martojo, H, Noor, RR, Solihin, DD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
• Subjects: alleles; ancestry; Animals; body size; body weight; Cattle; conservation programs; Demography; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Female; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genotype & phenotype; indigenous species; Indonesia; Male; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellite Repeats - genetics; Mitochondrial DNA; phenotypic variation; Phylogeny; Indonesia
• ISSN: 0936-6768; 1439-0531
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01959.x

The present study reports the phenotypic variation of body weight and body size, the genetic variation of D‐loop of mtDNA and microsatellite DNA allele in Aceh cattle in Indonesia within the frame of the design of a conservation programme for this indigenous species. Aceh cattle differ from Bali, Madura, Java‐Ongole and Pesisir cattle, but its ancestry relates it closest to Pesisir, thus adding more information to its entry from the Indian sub‐continent.