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:10.1080/23802359.2019.1660240

Mitochondrial landscape of indigenous pig germplasm of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 2;4(2):2808-2810. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1660240.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, India.
² GCC Biotech India Pvt. Ltd., Joychandipur, India.
³ National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Andaman Desi pig; Andaman and Nicobar islands; Mitogenome; Nicobari pig; Sus scrofa.