SNP-Based Genotyping Provides Insight Into the West Asian Origin of Russian Local Goats.

ABSTRACT: Specific local environmental and sociocultural conditions have led to the creation of various goat populations in Russia. National goat diversity includes breeds that have been selected for down and mohair production traits as well as versatile local breeds for which pastoralism is the main management system. Effective preservation and breeding programs for local goat breeds are missing due to the lack of DNA-based data. In this work, we analyzed the genetic diversity and population structure of Russian local goats, including Altai Mountain, Altai White Downy, Dagestan Downy, Dagestan Local, Karachaev, Orenburg, and Soviet Mohair goats, which were genotyped with the Illumina Goat SNP50 BeadChip. In addition, we addressed genetic relationships between local and global goat populations obtai

SUBMITTER: Deniskova TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8282346 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature