Dzo
| Dzo | |
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| File:Zokyo loaded with bags.jpg | |
| A dzo acting as a pack animal en route to Mount Everest | |
Domesticated
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Subtribe: | Bovina |
| Genus: | Bos |
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A dzo (Standard Tibetan: མཛོ་, romanized: mdzo) is a hybrid between the yak and the domestic cow. The word dzo technically refers to a male hybrid, while a female is known as a dzomo or zhom. In Mongolian, it is called a khainag (хайнаг). There is also the English portmanteau term of yattle—a combination of the words yak and cattle,[1] as well as yakow[2][3]—a combination of the words yak and cow.
Dzomo are fertile (or fecund), while dzo are sterile. As they are a product of the hybrid genetic phenomenon of heterosis (hybrid vigor), they are larger and stronger than yak or cattle from the region.[4] In Mongolia and Tibet, khainags are thought to be more productive than cattle or yaks in terms of both milk and meat production.[5][6]
Dzomo can be back crossed. As a result, many supposedly pure yak or pure cattle probably carry each other's genetic material. In Mongolia, the result of a khainag crossed with either a domestic bull or yak bull is called ortoom (ортоом, three-quarter-bred) and an ortoom crossed with a domestic bull or yak bull results in a usan güzee (усан гүзээ, one-eighth-bred).[6][7]
Dzos inherit two distinct protein types, one from each parent, leading to alterations in their mitochondrial structure and function.[8] Consequently, this adaptation significantly enhances the dzo's capacity to thrive at higher altitudes compared to either parent.
Scrabble
[edit | edit source]The word "dzo" can also be spelt "zho" or "zo". Especially in the zo spelling it is an extremely useful word in Scrabble.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Bovid hybrid
- Yakalo, a yak-buffalo hybrid
References
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- ^ Takase Hisabumi, Kh. Tumennasan et al., "Fertility Investigation in F1 Hybrid and Backcross Progeny of Cattle (Bos taurus) and Yak (Bos gruniens) in Mongolia: II. Little variation in gene products studied in male sterile and fertile animals", in: Niigata journal of health and welfare Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 42–52.
- ^ Long, L., Zhu, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, L., & Bai, J. (2020). Differential expression of skeletal muscle mitochondrial proteins in yak, dzo, and cattle: a proteomics-based study. The Journal of veterinary medical science, 82(8), 1178–1186. https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0218
External links
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- dictionary.com
- File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg The dictionary definition of dzo at Wiktionary
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