THE ORIGIN OF INDONESIAN CATTLE AND CONSERVATION GENETICS OF THE BALI CATTLE BREED
Mohamad K, Olsson M, Andersson G, Purwantara B, van Tol HT, Rodriguez-Martinez H, Colenbrander B, Lenstra JA
ABSTRACT
Both Bos indicus (zebu) and Bos javanicus (banteng) contribute to the Indonesian indigenous livestock, which is supposedly of a mixed species origin, not by direct breeding but by secondary cross-breeding. Here, the analysis of mitochondrial, Y-chromosomal and microsatellite DNA showed banteng introgression of 10-16% in Indonesian zebu breeds with East-Javanese Madura and Galekan cattle having higher levels of autosomal banteng introgression (20-30%) and combine a zebu paternal lineage with a predominant (Madura) or even complete (Galekan) maternal banteng origin. Two Madura bulls carried taurine Y-chromosomal haplotypes, presumably of French Limousin origin. There was no evidence for zebu introgression in five populations of the Bali cattle, a domestic form of the banteng.
Publish in Reprod Domest Anim. 2012 Jan; 47 Suppl 1:18-20