Maternal genetic diversity, differentiation and phylogeny of
wild yak and four domestic yak breeds in Qinghai, China inferred from
mitochondrial Cytb variations
Donghui Xu 1, 2,
3 , Ruizhe Li 1 , 2 , 3, Yuhui Xu1 ,
2 , 3, Weixing Guo1 , 2 , 3,Shengmei Chen1 , 2 , 3 , Wenhao Li1 , 2 , 3 ,
Weihua Huang1, Chuzhao Lei 4, Zhijie
Ma 1 , 2 , 3 *
1 Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University,
Xining, China, 2 Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on
Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Xining,
China, 3 Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative
Utilization Key Laboratory of Qinghai Province, Xining, China, 4 College
of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University,
Xianyang,China,