title: Phylogeny of local sheep breeds in East Asia, focusing on the Bayanbulak sheep in China and the Sipsu sheep in Bhutan.
abstract: The phylogenetic positions of the Bayanbulak sheep in China and the Sipsu sheep in Bhutan in the northern Asian sheep group were determined on the basis of allele frequency data for five informative and polymorphic loci of blood protein and nonproteins, such as transferrin (TF), arylesterase (ES), hemoglobin-beta (HB-beta), X-protein (XP), and potassium transport (KE), using different electrophoretic and ion-densitometric techniques. Based on Nei's genetic distance, clustering analysis by the UPGMA method showed that the Bayanbulak sheep is clustered in the northern Asian sheep group. Furthermore, the Bayanbulak sheep belongs to a subgroup containing the Khalkhas and Hu sheep of the Mongolian sheep group, which is distinguished from another subgroup of the small-tailed Han, Tan, Tong, and Wadi sheep. The Bayanbulak sheep was closest to the Hu sheep, despite a morphological difference in the fat deposits. In addition to these findings, the Sipsu sheep was verified to belong to the Baruwal sheep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. tsunoken@med.showa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Guobin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Tashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dorji
authors.forename: Gyem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tshering
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001631:Bhutan; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005843:Geography; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*; D014168:Transferrin / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D014168:Transferrin; C020622:hemoglobin B; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C019734:arylesterase