title: A new high-frequency allele of the BM2113 locus in the Yunnan mithun population.
abstract: The BM2113 locus was amplified in Yunnan mithun (Bos frontalis) from the southwest mountains of China. It showed a high degree of polymorphism with a total of 12 alleles. The 121-bp polymorphic allele of the BM2113 locus that accounted for 37.1% of homozygotes was the predominant allele with a frequency of 58.57%, identified as mithun-specific for Bos species in Yunnan mithun. The polymorphism information content value was high with a mean of 0.6170, the expected and observed heterozygosity was moderate with values of 0.6427 and 0.6000, respectively, and the BM2113 locus was under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P = 0.2897) in the Yunnan mithun population. This study elucidated the genetic diversity, multi-origin, specific alleles, and characterization of mithun.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: K-X
authors.initials: KX
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Z-X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: R-J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: B-Z
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China zanlinsen@163.com.
authors.forename: L-S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Y-P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D056426:Genetic Loci; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D012418:Ruminants / Q000235:genetics*