The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Goat (Capra hircus) Mitochondrial Genome

Abstract

The goat mtDNA sequences reported to date are fragmentary. By using both in silico cloning procedure and conventional molecular biology techniques we have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the goat (Capra hircus) mitochondrial genome. The length of the sequence was 16.640 bp. Genes responsible for 12S and 16S rRNAs, 22 tRNAs and 13 protein-coding regions are found. The genome organization is conformed to those of other mitochondrial genomes. Comparison between the 13 protein coding genes of goat, cow and sheep reveals that the difference range from 1.2 to 12.2% with a mean of 7.3% between goat and cow and from 0 to 15.6% (mean 4.7%) between goat and sheep.

Keywords::

• Goat
• Mithocondrial genome
• mtDNA sequences
• Molecular biology techniques

Database Accession No::

• M5541
• X72965
• U62569
• X65975
• AB004075
• AJ295933
• AB004077

Acknowledgement

This research was funded by a grant from the Dietolat project.