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Mitochondrial DNA diversity of D-loop region in three native Turkish cattle breeds
Eymen Demir
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz
University, Antalya, 07058, Türkiye
Institute of Nutrition and Genomics, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food
Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra 94976, Slovak Republic
Nina Moravčíková
Institute of Nutrition and Genomics, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food
Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra 94976, Slovak Republic
Bahar Argun Karsli
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture,
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir 26040, Türkiye
Radovan Kasarda
Institute of Nutrition and Genomics, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food
Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra 94976, Slovak Republic
Ibrahim Aytekin
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Selçuk, Konya 42130, Türkiye
Umit Bilginer
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz
University, Antalya, 07058, Türkiye
Taki Karsli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eskisehir
Osmangazi University, Eskisehir 26160, Türkiye
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Short summary
This study confirmed that mtDNA could make a significant contribution to cattle farming in both theory and practice. In theory, even if they were domesticated in different geographical areas, the patterns of crossbreeding between taurine and indicine were detected in Anatolian cattle at a low frequency. In practice, pedigree records could be revised in terms of admixture level and species-specific haplotypes of taurine and indicine by the farmers via molecular studies such as mtDNA.
This study confirmed that mtDNA could make a significant contribution to cattle farming in both...