Sayed A.M. Amer
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Taif, 888, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) has been previously sequenced and deposited in the Genbank database by some researchers. Three mitogenomes were found in the Genbank, two for Arabian camel from United Arab Emirates with total length of 16643 bp and one was from Morocco with a total length of 16665 bp. The only published was the mitogenome of the Moroccan sample, while the two Arabian mitogenomes were cited in the NCBI as unpublished data. The present study used these data to compare the mitogenomes of the Arabian and the Moroccan camel samples. The features of these genomes were described and compared in details. The base differences were also presented. The present study is one of the bioinformatics clues for investigating the molecular biodiversity of the domesticated camel in a trial for managing their conservation.
Key words: Arabian camel, biodiversity, breeds, mitochondrial DNA, mitogenome
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