Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in native Philippine cattle based on restriction endonuclease cleavage patterns

Abstract

An analysis of patterns of cleavage of mtDNA by restriction endonucleases was performed for nine individuals from the Philippine population of native cattle. MtDNA polymorphisms were detected in the restriction patterns generated by the following six enzymes, BamHI, BglII, EcoRV, HindIII, PstI, and ScaI. The restriction patterns showing polymorphisms were distributed nonrandomly among the nine individuals examined from the Philippine population of native cattle, indicating the existence of two separate types of mtDNA. These two types of mtDNA are very different from each other, at the level of subspecies. Since the native Philippine cattle are considered to represent an admixture of European and Indian cattle, the two types of mtDNA must be derived from the mtDNAs of both varieties. The polymorphic sites in mtDNA have been located on a restriction map, and the nucleotide substitutions at some of the sites have also been estimated. © 1989, Plenum Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.

Source or Periodical Title

Biochemical Genetics

ISSN

62928

Page

431-438

Document Type

Article

Subject

cattle, mitochondrial DNA, Philippines, restriction endonuclease

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