title: Meta-analysis evidence of maternal lineages in Chinese Tibetan sheep using mtDNA D-loop panel.
abstract: The Tibetan sheep is an indigenous breed living in the entire Tibetan Plateau, and its origin and phylogenic relationships are still uncertain and controversial. In this study, we analyzed partial mtDNA D-loop sequences of 156 Chinese Tibetan sheep individuals from 12 distributed geographic ecotype populations. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that three maternal lineages (haplogroups A, B and C) were found in this breed and that Ovis vignei and Ovis ammon have possibly contributed to the original Tibetan sheep. The absence of haplogroups D and E in Tibetan sheep suggests that this breed did not originate in the Middle East, China.
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guangxin
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yong-Ju
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ri-Su
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Ma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yue-Hui
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jia-Hua
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li-Peng
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Qiu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xiao-Yu
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong-Quan
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ya-Wang
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science and Technology Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage & Herbivore Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Huang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yong-Fu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006239:Haplotypes; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012756:Sheep / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D018609:Tibet
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Domestication; Ovis aries; Tibetan sheep; haplogroup; mitochondrial DNA