title: Tracing the maternal roots of the domestic Red Mountain Cattle.
abstract: The Red Mountain Cattle (RHV) is an important native ancient breed from the lower mountain ranges of Central Europe, which was originally raised for milk and meat production and as draught animal. In the 1980s, the RHV was close to extinction and only the sperm of a single purebreed bull and a few cows were available for breed formation. In this study the mitogenomes were sequenced of RHV from six maternal founder lineages. We observed six novel mitogenomes which have not been found in any other cattle breed so far. The RHV mitogenomes are grouped phylogenetically in the T-haplogroup indicating a South European origin and supporting their primitive position within the taurine breeds.
authors: a Department of Evolutionary Genetics , Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research , Berlin , Germany .
authors: Arne
authors: A
authors: Ludwig
authors: a Department of Evolutionary Genetics , Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research , Berlin , Germany .
authors: Dietmar
authors: D
authors: Lieckfeldt
authors: b Arche-Hof Rengershausen, Hombergstrasse , Frankenberg , Germany , and.
authors: Uwe G W
authors: UG
authors: Hesse
authors: c Tierpark Arche Warder, Zentrum für alte Haus- und Nutztierrassen e.V., Langwedeler Weg , Warder , Germany.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Froelich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Ancient breed; Rotes Höhenvieh; conservation; domestication; entire mitochondrial genome; genetic diversity