DNA Barcoding of Wild Red Jungle Fowl from Northeast India

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Authors

  • Prabal Ranjan Ghosh
     West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700037, West Bengal ,IN
  • Monika Ahanthem
     Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar-788011 ,IN
  • Pradosh Mahadani
     Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar-788011 ,IN
  • Amalesh Choudhury
     S. D. Marine Institute, Sunderban, West Bengal ,IN
  • Sankar Kumar Ghosh
     Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar-788011 ,IN

Keywords:

Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit I, DNA Barcodes, Red Jungle Fowl, Gallus gallus, Northeastern India.

Abstract

Chicken domestication plays an important role for major supply of animal protein throughout the world. In India, wide diversities of domestic chicken are descended from wild red jungle fowl (RJF) (Gallus gallus), the mother of all fowls of the world. In the present study, DNA barcode sequence and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region of wild RJF from northeastern India using PCR are determined, sequenced and subsequently deposited in GenBank (Accession No. JN793568). The study provides for the first time the DNA barcodes of red jungle fowl from northeastern India and subsequent bioinformatics yield that the RJF is grouped within correct taxonomic assignment of other Gallus species proving strong resolving power of DNA barcode in chicken.

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Volume 10,Issue 1,2013

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