Phylogeographic study of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) based on mitochondrial genome in Hamedan province

Dogs were domesticated from grey wolf about several thousand years ago with the beginning of agricultural activities . High genetic diversity and many varied breeds of domestic dogs are found in the world. Indigenous in Hamedan province try to cross bred between dogs and wolves in order to have hybrid animals as guard dogs. The relationships between Hemedan`s dogs with the other Iranian ones have been investigated using mtDNA control-region sequence data from a subset of 55 individuals (29 dogs of Hamedan province and 26 individuals extracted from NCBI). Our results revealed an existence of high genetic diversity in Iranian dogs. Dogs in Hamedan Province have complex relationships and among them, observed several common haplotypes. The dogs in the province, have extensive communication with dogs in the other province, especially with northern area and western area. In fact, this communication complexity indicates behavior of chaos reproductive in the dog domestication.