title: D-loop sequence mitochondrial DNA variability of Sarda goat and other goat breeds and populations reared in the Mediterranean area.
abstract: To provide useful knowledge on goat breed origin and history, we studied the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 69 goats from five different breeds, Camosciata delle Alpi, Maltese, Nubian, Saanen and Sarda, and one population, the Tunisian. All goats analysed displayed a moderate haplotype and nucleotide diversity. The highest was in the Sarda - the autochthonous breed reared in Sardinia. On the basis of mtDNA control region sequences, animals showed a high genetic haplotype diversity, 35 haplotypes were each represented by a single sequence and only a few haplotypes were shared among the animals. New haplotypes of goats reared in the Mediterranean area were identified and the majority of Italian goats belonged to haplogroup A. This result confirmed worldwide distribution and diversity of haplogroup A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy  Department of Animal Science, University of Milano, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vacca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pazzola
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carcangiu
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dettori
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cozzi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial