A study about phylogenetic relationships of Bactriancamels’ population in Iran using mitochondrial HVR-1

[摘要] Camels are not only important in improving rural families’ economy, but also are valuable genetic resources. Maintaining genetic diversity of Bactrian camels in Iranis essential for breeding programs and increasing production because of Low population.The first step is determining the genetic diversity. Among genetic markers,mitochondrial genome sequencing is one of the best and most popular methods for classification of close populations and species, investigating the possibility of various species deviation from a common ancestor, studyingphylogenetic relationship of everycreature with other species,races, and finding methods for saving genetic resources. The goal of this study was determining the sequence of HVE-1region of a population of IranianBactrian camels. To this, blood samples were taken from 20 camels randomly. After DNA extraction, HVR-1 region was amplified by specific primers using PCR method. Amplified fragments were purified and then sequenced.Afterobtaining similar sequences of mitochondrial genome from other extent races in world gene bank, phylogenetic tree was drawn. Phylogenetic results showed that IranianBactrian camels are in same groupof Middle East which is probably because of very close genetic relationship of Iranian camels to Asian races.

[学科分类] 药理学