Publications by authors named "Lucia Kelly"
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- The study partially sequenced the mitochondrial D-loop region in 47 individuals from various goat breeds, revealing a unique haplotype shared among three Canarian breeds (Palmera, Majorera, and Tinerfeña).
- Phylogenetic analysis showed that this haplotype is specific to the Canary Islands, likely originating from domestic goats brought by indigenous inhabitants circa 3000 years ago.
- The isolation of Canarian goat breeds for about 2500 years has led to a significant phylogeographic structure compared to other breeds, and the D-loop haplotype can be identified using DNA from milk and cheese, potentially helping establish a breed identity test for these products.
Mitochondrial DNA has been widely used to perform phylogenetic studies in different animal species. In pigs, genetic variability at the cytochrome B gene and the D-loop region has been used as a tool to dissect the genetic relationships between different breeds and populations. In this work, we analysed four SNP at the cytochrome B gene to infer the Asian (A1 and A2 haplotypes) or European (E1 and E2 haplotypes) origins of several European standard and local pig breeds.
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