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Comparison of information content for microsatellites and SNPs in poultry and cattle
Author(s) -
Schopen G. C. B.,
Bovenhuis H.,
Visker M. H. P. W.,
Van Arendonk J. A. M.
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01736.x
Subject(s) - microsatellite , single nucleotide polymorphism , biology , genetics , gene , allele , genotype
Summary Data were available for 12 poultry microsatellites and 29 poultry single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and for 34 cattle microsatellites and 36 cattle SNPs. Stochastic permutation was used to determine the number of SNPs needed to obtain the same average information content as a given number of microsatellites. For poultry, the information content averaged 0.71 for the 12 microsatellites compared to 0.72 for the 29 SNPs. For cattle, the information content averaged 0.92 for the 34 microsatellites compared with 0.79 for the 36 SNPs. This study shows that, for each microsatellite, three SNPs are needed to obtain the same average information content.