Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jul 2019)

Mitochondrial landscape of indigenous pig germplasm of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  • Arun Kumar De,
  • Perumal Ponraj,
  • M. S. Kundu,
  • Ramachandran Muthiyan,
  • K. Muniswamy,
  • A. Kundu,
  • Dhruba Malakar,
  • Jai Sunder,
  • Zachariah George,
  • Debasis Bhattacharya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1660240
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 2808 – 2810

Abstract

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Nicobari pig and Andaman Desi pig are indigenous pig germplasm of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Over the last two decades, the pig breeds witnessed a rapid decline in population, necessitating immediate characterization and conservation. The present study depicts the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Nicobari pig and Andaman Desi pig. The mitogenomes of both the breeds encode 37 genes including 13 protein coding genes, 22 tRNAs, and two ribosomal RNA genes. In addition, a control region (D-loop) was also present. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Nicobari is phylogenetically close to Banna mini and Breed I pig, whereas Andaman Desi pig is close to Mong cai and Jinhua pig breeds. The results of the study will be helpful for formulating of conservation strategy of the native swine breeds.

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