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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Meishan pig (Sus Scrofa) and a phylogenetic study
Lianhua Dong1,2, Ran Maoliang1,2, Zhi Li1,2
1College of Animal Science & Technology, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, China.
Abstract:
In this study, we cloned and sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome DNA of Chinese pig, the Meishan pig. The sample was taken from Yencheng City, Jiangsu province in China. The complete genome DNA is 16 708 bp in length. We also performed a comparative analysis of the Meishan pig mitochondrial to the mitogenome sequences of 21 pig breeds which have been deposited in GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis using neighbour-joining computational algorithms showed that the analyzed species are divided into four major clades; the results can be subsequently used to provide information for pig phylogenetic and insights into the evolution of genomes.
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