Problems of Forensic Sciences 2006 Vol. 67 (LXVII) 279-288
SEQUENCE VARIATION IN THE CONTROL REGION OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA WITHIN A POPULATION SAMPLE OF DOMESTIC CATS FELIS CATUS LINNAEUS - IMPLICATIONS FOR DOMESTIC AND WILD CATS DIFFERENTIATION
Wojciech BRANICKI1, Agnieszka OLSZAŃSKA2, Maciej K. KONOPIŃSKI2
1Institute of Forensic Research, Krakow
2Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Streszczenie
The aim of this study was to assess the genetic variation of a portion of the mitochondrial control region in Felis catus and to check the possibility of using this region for species differentiation between domestic cats and wild cats Felis silvestris. Our results indicate that there is low variation among cats within the analysed mitochondrial fragment with one very common (above 70%) and ten rare haplotypes. Analysed wild cat samples revealed rare haplotypes belonging to a separate clade of the constructed phylogenetic tree compared with the most popular haplotype.
Słowa kluczowe
Felis catus; Felis silvestris; Mitochondrial DNA; Control region; Population genetics.