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Tracing the genetic root of Trinket cattle: an endangered cattle population of a small isolated island of Nicobar group of islands. Journal of Genetics.

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Title Tracing the genetic root of Trinket cattle: an endangered cattle population of a small isolated island of Nicobar group of islands. Journal of Genetics.
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Creator ARUN KUMAR DE
ZACHARIAH GEORGE
SAMIRAN MONDAL
P. PERUMAL
K. MUNISWAMY
A. KUNDU
JAI SUNDER
RAMACHANDRAN MUTHIYAN
S. K. ZAMIR AHMED1
GAYATRI CHAKRABORTY
T. SUJATHA
D. BHATTACHARYA
 
Subject Trinket cattle
Andaman and Nicobar islands
Danish colony
tsunami
haplotype
Bos indicus
 
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Trinket cattle are the inhabitant of a small island called Trinket, which is one of the picturesque islands of Andaman. This herd is thought to be of Danish leftover during their dynasty in Nicobar archipelago. When the island was abandoned by foreign invaders, indigenes utilized the animals for the purpose of meat. As a result, the cattle became semi-feral in nature. After the Great Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of Indian Ocean in 2004, Trinket island was left abandoned by indigenes and the cattle became totally feral in nature. To trace the genetic root of the cattle, this study has been undertaken based on the sequence information of the mitochondrial D-loop and cytochrome b gene. The genomic DNA was extracted from the blood samples of the Trinket cattle and was used for amplification of mitochondrial markers, and the sequence information was generated by Sanger sequencing. The analysis of sequence information revealed that the Trinket cattle belongs to Bos indicus (I) haplotype, sub-haplotype I2. The presence of I2 sub-haplotype in Trinket cattle may be due to the expansion of this I2 haplotype towards Southeast Asian countries. This is a novel input for the formulation of breeding strategy towards conservation of eco-friendly sustainable livestock in the isolated island ecosystem.
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Date 2021-07-28T06:18:24Z
2021-07-28T06:18:24Z
2020-02-10
 
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Language English
 
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