Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of Domestic Geese (Anser anser) in Egypt.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were to achieve phenotypic characterization of three domestic Egyptian goose populations collected from three different geographical zones (Kafr El-Sheikh, Fayoum and Luxor) and to perform genetic characterization of these three populations based on mtDNA D-loop and 12 microsatellite markers. The body measurements of 402 domestic mature geese belonging to these three governorates showed that the lengths of the head, culmen and tarsus and the live body weight varied significantly among the three studied Egyptian goose populations. After alignment of a 710-base-pair segment of the goose mtDNA control region, there was a single haplotype in the three Egyptian goose populations, indicating the same maternal origins. The genotyping of the 12 microsatellite markers s

SUBMITTER: Abdel-Kafy EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8614349 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature