Naslov
Effectiveness of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in parentage testing in Posavina, Croatian Coldblood and Lipizzaner horse breeds in Croatia

Autori
Galov, Ana ; Byrne, Katherine ; Đuras-Gomerčić, Martina ; Gomerčić, Tomislav ; Nushol, Zvonimir ; Vincek, Dragutin ; Kocijan, Ivna ; Tadić, Zoran ; Benković, Vesna ; Bašić, Ivan ; Funk, Stephan M.

Izvornik
Livestock production science (0301-6226) 93 (2005), 3; 277-282

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
horse; parentage testing; microsatellite; developing economy; cost-efficiency

Sažetak
The global biodiversity crisis extends to autochthonous local breeds of livestock. There is an increasing danger that these rare breeds become extinct and with them their locally adapted gene pool. Modern molecular tools such as parentage testing using microsatellite genotyping are powerful in guiding management and conservation. We tested nine microsatellite markers in three Croatian horse breeds and obtained high exclusion probabilities (EPs) for the most common test scenario done parent and offspring known and the other parent testedT (99.9% in Posavina and Croatian Coldblood and 99.3% in Lipizzaner), despite that Lipizzaner has an overall lower genetic variability at microsatellite loci. To become a useful tool in breed management in countries with developing economies, genetic screening systems must be designed to be statistically powerful yet economically viable. Therefore, a suite of six markers that can be run in two multiplex systems and which still gives high exclusion probabilities (99.5% in Posavina and Croatian Coldblood and 98% in Lipizzaner) was chosen.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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