Table 5 Breeds found to have specific private (one breed only) mitogenome variants with annotation of the variants (position, type and genes affected) and number of animals sharing the private variants within each breed.

From: Recovery of mitogenomes from whole genome sequences to infer maternal diversity in 1883 modern taurine and indicine cattle

Breed

Haplo-group

Source of sample

n/Na

Annotation: variant position (bp), type, gene

NDama

T1

Benin, Guinea

7/12

2579, NCTE, rRNA

4714, Missense, ND2

6882, Missense, COX1

10,435, Missense, ND4L

Holstein

T3

Switzerland, Canada

6/111

7948, Missense, COX2

T3d1

United Kingdom

5/7

9807, NCTE, tRNA

13,277, Missense, ND5

Hereford miniature

T3

Australia

2/2

5603, Synonymous, ND2

Senepol

T1

Australia

3/5

6388, Synonymous, COX1

  1. aN = total number of animals in a breed in the sub-haplogroup; n = number of animals with private variants in a breed within the haplogroup; NCTE = non-coding transcript exon.
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