Genetic diversity and relationship of Indian cattle inferred from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indian agriculture is an economic symbiosis of crop and livestock production with cattle as the foundation. Sadly, the population of indigenous cattle (Bos indicus) is declining (8.94% in last decade) and needs immediate scientific management. Genetic characterization is the first step in the development of proper management strategies for preserving genetic diversity and preventing undesirable loss of alleles. Thus, in this study we investigated genetic diversity and relationship among eleven Indian cattle breeds using 21 microsatellite markers and mitochondrial D loop sequence.

Results

The analysis of autosomal DNA was performed on 508 cattle which exhibited sufficient genetic diversity across all the breeds. Estimates of mean allele number and observed heterozy

SUBMITTER: Sharma R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4485874 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature