TY - JOUR
T1 - Coat gene profiles of several cat populations in Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina, and possible genetic origins of these cat populations
AU - Ruiz-Garcia, M.
AU - Campos, H. A.
AU - Alvaréz, D.
AU - Kajon, A.
AU - Diáz, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We specially thank Dr. Berovides (University of La Havana) and “Danielito” without whom we could not have had access to such a large sample of La Havana population. We also thank the contribution of many anonymous people who helped us to sample populations, especially in Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia and Paraguay in 1994 through 1998. Part of this study is dedicated to them for their invaluable and disinterested assistance with the authors, even when their economic resources were scarce. We dedicate this work to the memory of the illustrious Dr. Roy Robinson, may he rest in peace. Lastly, the authors want to thank Rosa Chinchilla (Surrey, England) for her assistance in the translation of this text. This work has been partially financed by Convenio no. 139-94 and 140-96 (Decreto 1742 de 1994) between COLCIENCIAS and Manuel Ruiz-Garcia and by Con-venio (Programa estímulo a los investigadores CT-390) between COLCIENCIAS and Diana Alvarez.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Until the present moment, only a scarce number of Latin American domestic cat populations have been studied from a population genetic standpoint. For this reason, the cat populations of La Havana (Cuba), San José (Costa Rica), Bogotá and Ibagué (Colombia), Asunción (Paraguay), Santiago (Chile) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) were sampled for several coat genes. The results obtained were as follows: (1) there was a strong genetic resemblence between several Hispanic American cat populations (especially, those of Buenos Aires, San José and the two Colombian populations studied) and those from South Western United States (California, Texas and Colorado), which adds suport to the suspicion that these populations probably have a common origin; (2) The cat population of Santiago (Chile), contrarily to the other Hispanic American populations studied, showed a strong genetic resemblance with some Anglo North American populations; and (3) The I (long hair) and d (dilution) alleles showed systematic higher frequencies in the Hispanic American populations than those observed in Spain. Although the Hispanic American populations were not identical to the current Spanish populations (with the exception of Asuncion), this historic genetic experiment was very different to that found for the British populations and their overseas colonies.
AB - Until the present moment, only a scarce number of Latin American domestic cat populations have been studied from a population genetic standpoint. For this reason, the cat populations of La Havana (Cuba), San José (Costa Rica), Bogotá and Ibagué (Colombia), Asunción (Paraguay), Santiago (Chile) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) were sampled for several coat genes. The results obtained were as follows: (1) there was a strong genetic resemblence between several Hispanic American cat populations (especially, those of Buenos Aires, San José and the two Colombian populations studied) and those from South Western United States (California, Texas and Colorado), which adds suport to the suspicion that these populations probably have a common origin; (2) The cat population of Santiago (Chile), contrarily to the other Hispanic American populations studied, showed a strong genetic resemblance with some Anglo North American populations; and (3) The I (long hair) and d (dilution) alleles showed systematic higher frequencies in the Hispanic American populations than those observed in Spain. Although the Hispanic American populations were not identical to the current Spanish populations (with the exception of Asuncion), this historic genetic experiment was very different to that found for the British populations and their overseas colonies.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0346985293
U2 - 10.1023/A:1014334111142
DO - 10.1023/A:1014334111142
M3 - Article
C2 - 11902150
AN - SCOPUS:0346985293
SN - 1022-7954
VL - 38
SP - 165
EP - 180
JO - Russian Journal of Genetics
JF - Russian Journal of Genetics
IS - 2
ER -