Genetic Diversity Analysis of Five Egyptian Buffalo Populations Using Microsatellite Markers

Merdan, S. M. and El-Zarei, M. F. and Ghazy, A. A. and Ayoub, M. A. and Al-Shawa, Z. M. and Mokhtar, S. A. (2020) Genetic Diversity Analysis of Five Egyptian Buffalo Populations Using Microsatellite Markers. Journal of Agricultural Science, 12 (4). p. 271. ISSN 1916-9752

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Abstract

For assessing the genetic diversity and genetic characterization of five Egyptian buffalo populations a total of 12 microsatellite markers were used. The total number of buffaloes sampled was 80, collected at random from five farms in five different governorates; Cairo, Kafr El-Sheikh, Shebeen El-Kom, Menoufia, and Beni Suef. The genetic parameters (allelic diversity, allelic frequencies, observed heterozygosity, unbiased expected heterozygosity, and polymorphic information content) were calculated using three different programs. All used microsatellites were polymorphic and ranged from four alleles (Loci; CSSM029, CSSM036, CSSM038, CSSM043, CSSM046, and ILSTS005) to nine alleles (Loci; BM1818 and CSSM047) with a total of 64 alleles in the whole population. Allelic richness for the whole population ranged between 3.297 (in locus CSSM029) and 6.806 (in locus CSSM047) with overall mean 4.574. Within populations, Kafr El-Sheikh population had the highest average of allelic richness (4.384). This indicates the potential of this population to adapt with environmental changes in future compared with other populations. BMC1013, BM1818, CSSM019, and CSSM047 showed the highest allelic richness. PIC estimates were high and ranged between 0.65 (in locus CSSM029) and 0.92 (in locus CSSM022) with an average of 0.82. Values of Ho were lower than values of HNb for all populations, which denoting depression of heterozygotes in these populations and may be attributable to existence of null alleles and inbreeding. This study as well proves the usefulness of heterologous bovine microsatellite markers in evaluation of the genetic variability in Egyptian buffalo populations due to high polymorphism, informativeness of these markers which can be used to develop future breeding strategies and conservation decisions on our indigenous breed.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: East India Archive > Agricultural and Food Science
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email support@eastindiaarchive.com
Date Deposited: 08 May 2023 07:02
Last Modified: 06 Jul 2024 07:58
URI: http://ebooks.keeplibrary.com/id/eprint/1071

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