Phylogeography and Domestication of Chinese Swamp Buffalo

Yue, Xiumei; Li, Ran; Xie, Wenmei; Xu, Ping; Chang, Ti-Cheng; Liu, Li; Cheng, Feng; Zhang, Runfeng; Lan, Xianyong; Chen, Hong; Lei, Chuzhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056552

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“…It is plausible that it was easier to transport larger groups of the smaller and more manageable goats and sheep, while mobility of horses was promoted by trading and wars. The strong geographic differentiation of mtDNA in the Chinese population of swamp type of water buffalo [40] supports the hypothesis that differentiation of maternal lineages correlates with a low mobility of the herds.…”

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Meta-Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Several Population Bottlenecks during Worldwide Migrations of Cattle

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Several studies have investigated the differentiation of mitochondrial DNA in Eurasian, African and American cattle as well as archaeological bovine material. A global survey of these studies shows that haplogroup distributions are more stable in time than in space. All major migrations of cattle have shifted the haplogroup distributions considerably with a reduction of the number of haplogroups and/or an expansion of haplotypes that are rare or absent in the ancestral populations. The most extreme case is the almost exclusive colonization of Africa by the T1 haplogroup, which is rare in Southwest Asian cattle. In contrast, ancient samples invariably show continuity with present-day cattle from the same location. These findings indicate strong maternal founder effects followed by limited maternal gene flow when new territories are colonized. However, effects of adaptation to new environments may also play a role.

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“…), which are congruent with previous data (Yue et al . , Fig. S5, Supporting information) and which show similar patterns for most nearby populations.…”

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“…In contrast, Yue et al . () proposed southwest China as the domestication site, but their study included Chinese populations only.…”

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Strong and stable geographic differentiation of swamp buffalo maternal and paternal lineages indicates domestication in the China/Indochina border region

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et al. 2016

Molecular Ecology

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The swamp type of the Asian water buffalo is assumed to have been domesticated by about 4000 years BP, following the introduction of rice cultivation. Previous localizations of the domestication site were based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation within China, accounting only for the maternal lineage. We carried out a comprehensive sampling of China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh and sequenced the mtDNA Cytochrome b gene and control region and the Y-chromosomal ZFY, SRY and DBY sequences. Swamp buffalo has a higher diversity of both maternal and paternal lineages than river buffalo, with also a remarkable contrast between a weak phylogeographic structure of river buffalo and a strong geographic differentiation of swamp buffalo. The highest diversity of the swamp buffalo maternal lineages was found in south China and north Indochina on both banks of the Mekong River, while the highest diversity in paternal lineages was in the China/Indochina border region. We propose that domestication in this region was later followed by introgressive capture of wild cows west of the Mekong. Migration to the north followed the Yangtze valley as well as a more eastern route, but also involved translocations of both cows and bulls over large distances with a minor influence of river buffaloes in recent decades. Bayesian analyses of various migration models also supported domestication in the China/Indochina border region. Coalescence analysis yielded consistent estimates for the expansion of the major swamp buffalo haplogroups with a credibility interval of 900 to 3900 years BP. The spatial differentiation of mtDNA and Y-chromosomal haplotype distributions indicates a lack of gene flow between established populations that is unprecedented in livestock.

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“…Swamp buffalo are widespread throughout 18 provinces of central and southern China, primarily in southwest China, southeast China and the Yangtze valley (Qiu, ). To date, there are a few studies about the origin and genetic diversity of swamp buffaloes in China (Lei, Zhang, Chen, Lu, Ge, et al, ; Lei, Zhang, Chen, Lu, Liu, et al, ; Yue et al, ; Zhang et al, ; Zhang, Sun, Yu, & Zhang, ).…”

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Y‐chromosome haplotype analysis revealing multiple paternal origins in swamp buffaloes of China and Southeast Asia

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et al. 2018

J Animal Breeding Genetics

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To further probe into the paternal origins and domestication area of swamp buffaloes, we examined Y‐chromosome diversity of 482 bulls representing 22 populations from China and Southeast Asia. A total of 40 bovine Y‐chromosome‐specific microsatellite (Y‐STR) markers were screened in this study. The results showed that seven Y‐STR markers (UMN2405, UMN0504, UMN0103, UMN1307, BC1.2, UMN0304 and INRA008) were specific and polymorphic in male swamp buffaloes, which can define 9 Y‐haplotypes corresponding to four Y‐haplogroups (Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4). Haplogroup Y1 was predominant (83.4%) in all swamp buffalo populations, indicating haplogroup Y1 was the major domestication event of swamp buffalo. In addition, the abundant genetic background and backbone of haplogroup Y1 suggested Yangtze Valley as the major domestication area of swamp buffalo. Interestingly, haplogroup Y4 was only confined in Hainan Island which was more ancient than other haplogroups. We hypothesized that haplogroup Y4 was the descendants of the wild Asian buffalo trapped on Hainan Island in prehistoric glacier period and preserved by later introgression into domesticated cows after the domestication. In conclusion, our findings revealed four divergent paternal origins in swamp buffaloes based on Y‐STR markers.

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Phylogeography and Domestication of Chinese Swamp Buffalo

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

Meta-Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Several Population Bottlenecks during Worldwide Migrations of Cattle

Meta-Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Several Population Bottlenecks during Worldwide Migrations of Cattle

Strong and stable geographic differentiation of swamp buffalo maternal and paternal lineages indicates domestication in the China/Indochina border region

Y‐chromosome haplotype analysis revealing multiple paternal origins in swamp buffaloes of China and Southeast Asia

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