Maternal inheritance is an indispensable aspect in donkey rare breed population biodiversity management and breeding programs. It is a challenge to characterize breeds genetic inheritance using morphology and historical records, we study mtDNA, to overcome those limitations. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequencing is a highly informative system to investigate maternal lineages and breed linkage such as molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships. Martina Franca, Ragusano, Pantesco and Catalonian donkey mtDNA sequencing analyses were used to study intraspecific genetic diversity and population structure, and to reconstruct phylogenetic relations among these geographically isolated breeds.

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罕见相似表型驴品种之间的母系发育关系和遗传变异

母体遗传是驴稀有种群生物多样性管理和育种计划中必不可少的方面。利用形态学和历史记录来表征品种的遗传遗传是一项挑战，我们研究了mtDNA，以克服这些局限性。线粒体DNA（mtDNA）测序是一个信息丰富的系统，可用于研究母亲谱系和繁殖联系，例如分子进化和系统发育关系。Martina Franca，Ragusano，Pantesco和加泰罗尼亚驴的mtDNA测序分析用于研究种内遗传多样性和种群结构，并重建这些地理上分离的品种之间的系统发生关系。