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Determination of genetic relationships among five indigenous Chinese goat breeds with six microsatellite markers
Author(s) -
Yang L,
Zhao S H,
Li K,
Peng Z Z,
Montgomery G W
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00548.x
Subject(s) - microsatellite , biology , breed , boer goat , loss of heterozygosity , allele , genetic distance , cashmere goat , genetics , polymorphism (computer science) , genetic variation , veterinary medicine , gene , medicine
Microsatellite variation was analyzed in five Chinese indigenous goat breeds, which include four Cashmere breeds (Tibetan, Neimonggol, Liaoning, Taihang) and one Hubei local breed (Matou) used for meat production. Five ovine and one bovine microsatellites, selected from eight ovine microsatellites and five bovine microsatellites were suitable for use in this study. With these six microsatellites, allele frequencies, heterozygosity, polymorphism in‐formation content (PIC) and effective allele number were calculated. A neighbor‐joining tree was constructed using Nei's standard genetic distance (1978). In the tree, Neimonggol and Liaoning were grouped together, then with Taihang; while Tibetan and Matou individually had their own branch. The genetic relationship of five breeds corresponds to their history and geographic origins.