Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region

The study investigated the population structure, diversity and differentiation of almost all of the ecotypes representing the African Ankole Longhorn cattle breed on the basis of morphometric (shape and size), genotypic and spatial distance data. Twentyone morphometric measurements were used to desc...

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Autores principales: Ndumu, D., Baumung, R., Hanotte, Olivier H., Wurzinger, Maria, Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Kibogo, H., Sölkner, Johann, Han Jianlin
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1514
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author Ndumu, D.
Baumung, R.
Hanotte, Olivier H.
Wurzinger, Maria
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Kibogo, H.
Sölkner, Johann
Han Jianlin
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Han Jianlin
Hanotte, Olivier H.
Kibogo, H.
Ndumu, D.
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Sölkner, Johann
Wurzinger, Maria
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Baumung, R.
Hanotte, Olivier H.
Wurzinger, Maria
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Kibogo, H.
Sölkner, Johann
Han Jianlin
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description The study investigated the population structure, diversity and differentiation of almost all of the ecotypes representing the African Ankole Longhorn cattle breed on the basis of morphometric (shape and size), genotypic and spatial distance data. Twentyone morphometric measurements were used to describe the morphology of 439 individuals from 11 sub-populations located in five countries around the Great Lakes region of central and eastern Africa. Additionally, 472 individuals were genotyped using 15 DNA microsatellites. Femoral length, horn length, horn circumference, rump height, body length and fore-limb circumference showed the largest differences between regions. An overall FST index indicated that 2.7% of the total genetic variation was present among sub-populations. The least differentiation was observed between the two sub-populations of Mbarara south and Luwero in Uganda, while the highest level of differentiation was observed between the Mugamba in Burundi and Malagarasi in Tanzania. An estimated membership of four for the inferred clusters from a model-based Bayesian approach was obtained. Both analyses on distance-based and model-based methods consistently isolated the Mugamba sub-population in Burundi from the others.
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spelling CGSpace15142023-12-08T19:36:04Z Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region Ndumu, D. Baumung, R. Hanotte, Olivier H. Wurzinger, Maria Okeyo Mwai, Ally Kibogo, H. Sölkner, Johann Han Jianlin genetics cattle The study investigated the population structure, diversity and differentiation of almost all of the ecotypes representing the African Ankole Longhorn cattle breed on the basis of morphometric (shape and size), genotypic and spatial distance data. Twentyone morphometric measurements were used to describe the morphology of 439 individuals from 11 sub-populations located in five countries around the Great Lakes region of central and eastern Africa. Additionally, 472 individuals were genotyped using 15 DNA microsatellites. Femoral length, horn length, horn circumference, rump height, body length and fore-limb circumference showed the largest differences between regions. An overall FST index indicated that 2.7% of the total genetic variation was present among sub-populations. The least differentiation was observed between the two sub-populations of Mbarara south and Luwero in Uganda, while the highest level of differentiation was observed between the Mugamba in Burundi and Malagarasi in Tanzania. An estimated membership of four for the inferred clusters from a model-based Bayesian approach was obtained. Both analyses on distance-based and model-based methods consistently isolated the Mugamba sub-population in Burundi from the others. 2008-09 2010-05-11T18:09:58Z 2010-05-11T18:09:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1514 en Open Access Springer Ndumu, D.; Baumung, R.; Hanotte, O.; Okeyo, A.M. 2008. Genetic and morphological characterization of the Ankole longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region. Genetics Selection, Evolution 40(5):467-490.
spellingShingle genetics
cattle
Ndumu, D.
Baumung, R.
Hanotte, Olivier H.
Wurzinger, Maria
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Kibogo, H.
Sölkner, Johann
Han Jianlin
Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region
title Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region
title_full Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region
title_fullStr Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region
title_full_unstemmed Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region
title_short Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region
title_sort genetic and morphological characterisation of the ankole longhorn cattle in the african great lakes region
topic genetics
cattle
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1514
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