Genetic variability among Polish Red, Hereford and Holstein-Friesian cattle raised in Poland based on analysis of microsatellite DNA sequences

• Authors: A. Radko , A. Zyga , T. Zabek , E. Slota
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Polymorphism of 11 microsatellite DNA loci was analysed in Polish Red (PR), Hereford and Holstein-Friesian (HF) cattle raised in Poland and genetic distance among these breeds was determined. At the 11 loci (TGLA227, BM2113, TGLA53, ETH10, SPS115, TGLA126, TGLA122, INRA23, ETH3, ETH225 and BM1824) analysed with automated DNA sizing technology, a total of 213 alleles were identified: 76 in PR, 76 in HF, and 61 in Hereford. All the microsatellite DNA markers showed high polymorphism. Polymorphism information content (PIC) calculated for each marker exceeded 0.5, except for the ETH3 locus in Hereford cattle (PIC=0.475), and heterozygosity (H) ranged from 54.1% to as much as 85.2%. The coefficient of genetic distance was 0.354 between PR and Hereford, 0.414 between HF and Hereford, and 0.416 between PR and HF cattle.

Keywords

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CATTLE; DNA MICROSATELLITE

Discipline

• GENETICS: GENETICS

• Publisher: Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Journal of Applied Genetics
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 89-91

Contributors

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A. Radko

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A. Zyga

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T. Zabek

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E. Slota

• Document Type: SHORT COMMUNICA
• Publication order reference: A. Radko, Department of Immuno- and Cytogenetics, National Research Institute of Animal Production, ul. Krakowska 1, 32-083 Balice, Poland