Lack of phylogeographic structure in Nigerian village chickens revealed by mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence analysis

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-507

  Adebambo, A O ^a   Mobegi, V A ^b   Mwacharo, J M ^b,d   Oladejo, B M ^a   Adewale, R A ^a   Iiri, L O ^a   Makanjuola, B O ^a   Afolayan, O ^a   Bjornstad G ^b,c   Jianlin, H ^b   Hanotte, O ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D loop; Genetic relationship; Indigenous village chicken; Mtdna; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77956953540     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.503.507     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Adebambo, O.A., C.O.N. Ikeobi, M.O. Ozoje and J.A. Adenowo, 1999. Color variations and performance characteristics of the indigenous chicken of South Western Nigeria. Nig. J. Anim. Prod., 26: 15-22.
2. Bandelt, H.J., P. Forster and A. Rohl, 1999. Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylogenies. Mol. Biol. Evol., 16: 37-38.
3. Bjgrnstad et al. (unpublished data). Multiple maternal origins for the domestic chicken.
4. Desjardins, P. and R. Morais, 1990. Sequence and gene organization of the chicken mitochondrial genome. A novel gene order in higher vertebrates. J. Mol. Biol., 212: 599-634.
5. Excoffier, L, G. Laval and S. Schneider, 2005. ARLEQUIN ver. 3.0: An integrated software package for population genetics data analysis. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. Online, 1: 47-50.
6. FAO STAT, 2007. Food and Agricultural Organization statistical databases. CDROM.
7. Fu, Y.X., 1997. Statistical tests of neutrality of mutations against population growth, hitchhiking and background selection. Genetics, 147: 915-925.
8. Komiyama, T., K. Ikeo and T. Gojobori, 2003. Where is the origin of the Japanese gamecocks? Gene, 317: 195-202.
9. Kumar, S., K. Tamura and M. Nei, 2004. MEG A3: Integrated software for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis and sequence alignment. Brief Bioinform, 5: 150-163.
10. Liu, Y.P., G.S. Wu, Y.G. Yao, Y.W. Miao, G. Luikart, M. Baig, A. Beja-Pereira, Z.L. Ding, M.G. Palanichamy and Y.P. Zhang, 2006. Multiple maternal origins of chickens: out of the Asian jungle. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 38: 12-19.
11. Mobegi, A.V., 2006. Chicken Diversity Consortium. Mitochondrial DNA D-loop Sequences Reveal the Genetic Diversity of African Chicken. In: Rege, J.E.O., A.M. Nyamu and D. Sendalo (Eds.). Tanzania Society for Animal Production, Dar es Salaam; All Africa Society for Animal Production, Nairobi (Kenya). The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th all Africa conference on animal agriculture and the 31 st annual meeting of the Tanzania Society for Animal Production. Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): TSAP, pp: 293-298.
12. Muchadeyi, F.C., H. Eding, H. Simianer, C.B.A. Wollny, E. Groeneveld and S. Weigend, 2008. Mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences suggest a Southeast Asian and Indian origin of Zimbabwean village chickens. Anim. Genet, 39: 615-622.
13. Niu, D., Y. Fu, J. Luo, H. Ruan, X.P. Yu, G. Chen and Y.P. Zhang, 2002. The origin and genetic diversity of Chinese native chicken breeds. Biochem. Genet., 40: 163-174.
14. Nwosu, C.C., F.A. Gowen, F.C. Obioha, I.A. Akpan and G.I. Onuora, 1985. Biometrical study of the conformation of the native chicken. Nig. J. Anim. Prod., 12: 141-146.
15. Razafindraibe, H., V.A. Mobegi, S.C. Ommeh, Rakotondravao, G. Bjgrnstad, O. Hanotte and H. Jianlin, 2008. Mitochondrial DNA origin of indigenous Malagasy chicken: implication for a functional polymorphism at the Mxgene. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1149: 77-79.
16. Tajima, F., 1989. Statistical method for testing the neutral mutation hypothesis by DNA polymorphism. Genetics, 123: 585-595.