ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2010, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 769-773.doi:

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The Molecular Genetic Study of Cytochrome b (Cyt b) Gene of Tibet Mini-pigs

The Molecular Genetic Study of Cytochrome b (Cyt b) Gene of Tibet Mini-pigs   

  1. 1. First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou 510120, China;2. Laboratory Animal Centre, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-06-25 Published:2010-06-25

Abstract: To analyze the genetic differentiation of Tibet mini-pigs and its relationships with other pig breeds including European and domestic pigs, the sequences of nucleotides and amino acids of Cyt b were sequenced. The results showed that there were 9 mutation sites in Cyt b gene of Tibet mini-pigs and the nucleotide diversity was 0.078 9. Compared with pig breeds from Europe, there were 16 mutations in domestic pigs in China. There was significant difference between T-C switch at site 420 and G-A switch at site 883. The amino acid sequence analysis indicated that Tibet mini-pigs, compared with pig breeds from Europe, were different at three amino acid sites, especially at site 295, the partial Tibet mini-pigs together with other pig breeds were Valine, while another pig populations were Isoleucine at this site. The results indicated that the partial Tibet mini-pigs had very closely blood relationships with Bama Miniature pigs, Guizhou Xiang pigs and WZS pigs, and there was genetic differentiation in Tibet mini-pig group.