Abstract
Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Iraqi Camel Breeds using Cytochrome b
Highlights
Camels are pseudo-rumen chorionic mammals, and are classified as mammals with double fingers and lined feet belonging to the family of Camelidae
Sequence Variation and Genetic Diversity The results showed that the length of the PCR products was 867 nucleotides were determined in cytochrome b (Cytb) gene sequences of all 80 samples
Nucleotide substitutions were only determined among other types of mutations.Among the 15 different haplotypes identified from the 80 sequences, sixteen of them werepolymorphic (10 transitions and 6 transversions) (Table 1)
Summary
Camels are pseudo-rumen chorionic mammals, and are classified as mammals with double fingers and lined feet belonging to the family of Camelidae. The total number of camels in the world is about 25.89 million heads, 89% of which are Dromedary camels, and the remaining (11%) is a Bactrian camel (in the cold deserts of Asia). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a powerful tool that can be used to determine evolutionary relationships, population composition and biology of many species due to its low molecular weight properties, simple structure, low recombination rate and rapid evolution rate (Curole and Kocher, 1999; Wan et al, 2004; Arif and Khan, 2009; Patwardhan et al, 2014; Hussain et al, 2015).The present study was undertaken to evaluate genetic diversity and the relationships between Iraqi camel breeds and other breeds of camels in the world
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