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Advances on Molecular Biology Technology of the Water Buffalo (Bubalusbubalus)

DENG Ting-xian, PANG Chun-ying, WANG Jian, YANG Bing-zhuang, ZHANG Xiu-fang, LIANG Xian-wei   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Buffalo Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction Technology, Ministry of Agriculture (Guangxi), Guangxi Buffalo Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530001, China)
  • Received:2013-10-27 Online:2014-04-20 Published:2014-05-27

Abstract: The water buffalo (Bubalusbubalus) is an important economic specie in southern provinces that was acclaimed as the most potential and valuable development on the livestock by FAO. The new molecular biology technology will bring the new challenge and opportunity for buffalo researches in recent years. Many major breakthroughs have been made in the research area on the molecular biology technology of the water buffalo, which should reveal its great superiority and development potential on the buffalo genetics and breeding. Consequently, the molecular biology technology applied to the buffalo genetics and breeding and its prospect will be discussed, mainly including the molecular marker, gene chip, transgenic technology and high-throughput sequencing technology, etc. It will lay a foundation for further research on the molecular biology technology of the water buffalo and play an important role in promoting the rapidly development of the buffalo industry.

Key words: buffalo; molecular marker; transgene; gene chip; high-throughput sequencing