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Population Differentiation in Dromedarian Camel: A Comparative Study of Camel Inhabiting Extremes of Geographical Distribution
Priyanka Banerjee, Jyoti Joshi, Upasna Sharma andRamesh Kumar Vijh
Corresponding Author: Ramesh Kumar Vijh
Submitted: December 20, 2011
Accepted: January 26, 2012
Published: April 20, 2012 |
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The camel has not been subject to selective pressures and is not differentiated. The present study was
undertaken to evaluate differentiation of camels inhabiting the extreme geographical habitats for the species.
In this paper we compared the camel populations of India and Southern region of Africa to adjudge the
differentiation between the two populations. Utilizing 12 microsatellite loci it has been demonstrated that the
populations i.e., of India and South Africa are very well differentiated. The camel population of India shows
differentiation among themselves owing to selection pressure and breeding for specific economic
traits/parameters like carting, baggage, riding etc. The differentiation among the two camel populations was
23% while that of among population, within the two groups was 11%. A small group of Bactrian camel
exhibited closeness to hill camels. Based on the published literature and in the present study it is evident that
there is a general trend of increased population differentiation from South region of Africa to Indian
subcontinent with India having highly differentiated populations.
Key words: FST, genetic differentiation, Indian camel, South African camel, , ,
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Priyanka Banerjee, Jyoti Joshi, Upasna Sharma andRamesh Kumar Vijh, . Population Differentiation in Dromedarian Camel: A Comparative Study of Camel Inhabiting Extremes of Geographical Distribution. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, (2): 84-92.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-2908
ISSN (Print): 2041-2894 |
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