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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.

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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.
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Creator A. K. De, Z. George, S. Mandal, P. Perumal, K. Muniswamy, A. Kundu, J. Sunder, M. Ramachandran, S. K. Zamir Ahmed, G. Chakraborty, T. Sujatha, M.S. Kundu and 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 2023-12-16T11:18:14Z
2023-12-16T11:18:14Z
2020-01-01
 
Type Article
 
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-020-1178-y
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/80998
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Springer Link