Genetic diversity assessment of the indigenous goat population of Benin using microsatellite markers.

ABSTRACT: Improved knowledge of the diversity within and among local animal populations is increasingly necessary for their sustainable management. Accordingly, this study assessed the genetic diversity and structure of the indigenous goat population of Benin. Nine hundred and fifty-four goats were sampled across the three vegetation zones of Benin [i.e., Guineo-Congolese zone (GCZ), Guineo-Sudanian zone (GSZ), and Sudanian zone (SZ)] and genotyped with 12 multiplexed microsatellite markers. The genetic diversity and structure of the indigenous goat population of Benin were examined using the usual genetic indices (number of alleles Na, expected and observed heterozygosities He and Ho, Fixation index F_ST, coefficient of genetic differentiation G_ST), and three different methods

SUBMITTER: Whannou HRV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064012 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature