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. 2011 Jan 6;6(1):e15922. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015922

Table 1. Breed information, including geographical grouping, for the 111 cattle breeds sampled as part of this study, and associated haplotypic data (defined as SNP-INRA189-BM861) and diversity values.

Geographic grouping Breed Code Country of origin Number of Y-chromosomes Haplotype haplotype diversity (± SD) total number of haplotypes
Y1-94-158 Y1-96-158 Y1-98-158 Y1-98-160 Y1-100-158 Y1-102-158 Y2-80-158 Y2-90-158 Y2-94-158 Y2-96-158 Y2-98-158 Y2-98-160 Y2-100-158 Y2-102-158 Y2-102-160 Y2-104-158 Y2-104-160 Y2-106-158 Y3-88-156
India (IND) Nellore NEL Brazil 12 12 0.000±0.000 1
Ongole ONG India 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Total 16 16 0.000±0.000 1
Africa (AFR) N'Dama NDM Guinea 12 2 9 1 0.247±0.184 3
Total 12 2 9 1 0.247±0.184 3
Southwest Asia (SWA) Anatolian Black ANT Turkey 5 1 1 2 1 0.300±0.424 4
Damascus DAM Syria 3 1 1 1 0.556±0.416 3
East Anatolian Red EAR Turkey 4 1 2 1 0.278±0.393 3
Middle Iraqi IQM Iraq 4 3 1 0.500±0.000 2
North Iraqi IQN Iraq 1 1 n/a 1
South Iraqi IQS Iraq 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
South Anatolian Red SAR Turkey 4 2 2 0.222±0.314 2
Total 24 4 1 1 1 7 5 5 0.574±0.192 7
Podolian (POD) Chianina CHI Italy 20 20 0.000±0.000 1
Istrian IST Croatia 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Marchigiana MCG Italy 11 11 0.000±0.000 1
Maremmana MMA Italy 19 19 0.000±0.000 1
Podolica PODi Italy 13 9 4 0.154±0.218 2
Serbian Podolica PODs Serbia 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Turkish Grey TGY Turkey 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
Ukrainian Grey UGY Ukraine 5 5 0.000±0.000 1
Total 79 5 28 43 3 0.193±0.273 4
Iberian (IBE) Alentejana ALN Portugal 34 34 0.000±0.000 1
Alistana-Sanabresa ALS Spain 12 12 0.000±0.000 1
Arouquesa ARQ Portugal 33 25 8 0.126±0.179 2
Asturiana de los Valles ASV Spain 38 26 6 6 0.256±0.202 3
Asturiana de Montana ASM Spain 19 18 1 0.070±0.050 2
Avilena Negro Iberica AVI Spain 7 1 1 5 0.270±0.214 3
Barrosã BAR Portugal 33 4 29 0.073±0.104 2
Berrenda BER Spain 5 3 2 0.200±0.283 2
Betizu BEB Spain 17 17 0.000±0.000 1
Brava de Lide BRV Portugal 26 2 23 1 0.122±0.091 3
Cachena CCH Portugal 25 1 24 0.027±0.038 2
Garvonesa GAR Portugal 6 6 0.000±0.000 1
Lidia LID Spain 66 1 1 64 0.020±0.028 3
Mallorquina MAL Spain 8 8 0.000±0.000 1
Marinhoa MAH Portugal 17 17 0.000±0.000 1
Maronesa MAR Portugal 23 23 0.000±0.000 1
Mertolenga MRT Portugal 21 7 1 1 2 10 0.378±0.273 5
Minhota MIN Portugal 28 28 0.000±0.000 1
Mirandesa MIR Portugal 23 23 0.000±0.000 1
Morucha MOR Spain 5 5 0.000±0.000 1
Mostrenca MOS Spain 21 21 0.000±0.000 1
Pajuna PAJ Spain 4 1 2 1 0.444±0.342 3
Preta PRT Portugal 29 1 1 5 22 0.158±0.178 4
Retinta RET Spain 6 4 2 0.178±0.251 2
Rubia Gallega RGA Spain 44 44 0.000±0.000 1
Sayaguesa SAY Spain 8 1 5 2 0.202±0.286 3
Tudanca TUD Spain 10 10 0.000±0.000 1
Total 568 44 57 1 1 1 1 1 277 17 140 28 0.335±0.244 11
Central (CEN) Blonde d'Aquitaine BDA France 5 3 2 0.200±0.283 2
Bruna de los Pirineds BPI Spain 11 11 0.000±0.000 1
Busha BUS Serbia 5 5 0.000±0.000 1
Cabannina CAB Italy 2 1 1 0.333±0.471 2
Charolais CHA France 31 30 1 0.022±0.030 2
Limousin LIM France 24 24 0.000±0.000 1
Montbeliard MBE France 6 6 0.000±0.000 1
Parthenaise PAR France 15 4 11 0.279±0.198 2
Piemontese PIM Italy 13 2 11 0.094±0.133 2
Pinzgaur PGZ Austria 9 9 0.000±0.000 1
Pirenaica PIR Spain 10 8 2 0.119±0.168 2
Pustertaler PUS Italy 13 13 0.000±0.000 1
Salers SAL France 20 1 19 0.067±0.047 2
Simmental SIM Switzerland 15 15 0.000±0.000 1
Swiss Brown SWB Switzerland 14 14 0.000±0.000 1
Tarentaise TAR France 18 18 0.000±0.000 1
Tyrolean Grey TYG Italy 19 2 17 0.066±0.094 2
Total 230 5 4 215 1 5 0.056±0.045 5
British (BRT) Aberdeen Angus ABA Scotland 27 20 7 0.133±0.188 2
Ayrshire AYR Scotland 16 16 0.000±0.000 1
British White BWH England 21 16 1 1 3 0.252±0.111 4
Dexter DEX Ireland 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Galloway GAL Scotland 9 9 0.000±0.000 1
Hereford HER England 21 20 1 0.063±0.045 2
Highland HIG Scotland 10 10 0.000±0.000 1
Jersey JER Jersey 19 19 0.000±0.000 1
Total 127 56 8 20 21 22 0.413±0.226 5
Nordic (NOR) Blacksided Troender STN Norway 7 7 0.000±0.000 1
Doela DOL Norway 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Eastern Finncattle EFC Finland 9 1 8 0.148±0.105 2
Eastern Red Polled ORA Norway 5 5 0.000±0.000 1
Fjallnara FNR Sweden 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
Icelandic ICL Iceland 8 8 0.000±0.000 1
Northern Finncattle NFC Finland 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
Norwegian (commercial, hybrid) NRF Norway 12 12 0.000±0.000 1
Swedish Mountain SFR Sweden 8 8 0.000±0.000 1
Swedish Red Polled ROK Sweden 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
Telemark TEL Norway 2 2 0.000±0.000 1
Western Finncattle WFC Finland 9 9 0.000±0.000 1
Western Fjord VFJ Norway 6 3 3 0.200±0.283 2
Western Red Polled VRA Norway 3 2 1 0.222±0.314 2
Total 82 64 4 6 8 0.222±0.161 4
Baltic Red (BHR) Angler ANG Germany 10 10 0.000±0.000 1
Danish Red RDM Denmark 19 18 1 0.070±0.050 2
Latvian Blue (native) LBL Latvia 9 9 0.000±0.000 1
Latvian Brown (commercial) LBR Latvia 8 8 0.000±0.000 1
Latvian Danish Red DAR Latvia 7 3 4 0.381±0.269 2
Suksunskaya SUK Russia 5 4 1 0.267±0.189 2
Ukrainian Red Steppe RST Ukraine 5 1 4 0.133±0.189 2
Total 63 1 56 6 0.126±0.090 3
North-West (NWE) Belgian Blue BWB France 21 19 2 0.060±0.085 2
Belgian Red BRE Belgium 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Normand NOR France 46 46 0.000±0.000 1
Shorthorn SHN Belgium 19 19 0.000±0.000 1
Total 90 19 71 0.112±0.159 2
Lowland Pied (LLP) Dutch Belted DUB Netherlands 8 3 5 0.357±0.253 2
Friesian-Dutch FRH Netherlands 8 8 0.000±0.000 1
German Original Black Pied-West BPW Germany 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
Groningen Whitehead GWH Netherlands 6 6 0.000±0.000 1
Holstein Friesian HFR Netherlands 65 64 1 0.021±0.015 2
Jutland (old native) SJM Denmark 6 6 0.000±0.000 1
Meuse-Rhine-Yssel MRY Netherlands 9 9 0.000±0.000 1
Red Holstein dual type RH2 Netherlands 1 1 n/a 1
Total 106 100 1 5 0.072±0.039 3
Eastern (EAS) Bestuzhev BZH Russia 4 4 0.000±0.000 1
Istobenskaya ISB Russia 9 9 0.000±0.000 1
Kalmyk KAL Russia 12 12 0.000±0.000 1
Kholomogorskaya KHO Russia 6 6 0.000±0.000 1
Pechorskaya PCH Russia 7 7 0.000±0.000 1
Ukrainian Whiteheaded UWH Ukraine 11 4 1 6 0.388±0.276 3
Yakutian cattle YKT Siberia 23 22 1 0.029±0.041 2
Yaroslavskaya YAR Russia 3 3 0.000±0.000 1
Total 75 33 1 6 34 1 0.373±0.247 5
Overall 111 breeds 1472 44 20 448 8 25 1 6 14 1 1 2 1 7 559 18 259 1 36 21 0.422±0.269