title: Phylogeny and evolutionary analysis of goat breeds in Jordan based on DNA sequencing.
abstract: Phylogeny and evolutionary analyses were performed for Jordan goat breeds based on DNA sequencing. DNA segment of 0.5-kb from sixteen goat individuals of four breeds was sequenced. The DNA sequencing was analyzed by both Arlequin and MEGA softwares. The results showed a quite evolutionary differentiation found within goat breeds between. Furthermore, phylogeny tree was reconstructed providing evidences for a close phylogenetic alliance among breeds. The resulted evolutionary sequencing and phylogeny trees provide evidences that sequencing data were worthy to describe the evolutionary and phylogeny genetics in goats breeds in Jordan. On other hand the data were given scopes for possible sequences of gene(s) and identify polymorphisms, given possibility to identify Caprine genes from other close species genome like cattle. In the future we intend, in order to clearly identify the genetic polymorphisms, to detect further genetic variation and to develop tests particularly suitable for specific interested genes genotyping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Mutah University, Jordan.
authors.forename: Raed M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Al-Atiyat
authors.forename: Naser M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Salameh
authors.forename: Mohammad J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tabbaa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006041:Goats / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D007597:Jordan; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA