ABSTRACT The objective was to describe the organizational structure of the Mangalarga herd and evaluate the influence of geographic distribution and different coats on the population structure and genetic diversity. Genealogic data of horses born between 1919 and 2018 were submitted to the software ENDOG 4.8, corresponding to the total population (TP), and those born between 2009 and 2018, representing the reference population (RP). Wright’s fixation index, inbreeding coefficient (F), and average relatedness (AR) were estimated considering each Brazilian state […]

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the growth hormone ( GH; somatotropin-like) gene polymorphisms in 150 water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) from different regions of Turkey. 404 bp long partial intron 4, exon 5, 3’ UTR regions of the GH gene (also called GH/Alu I locus) and 347 bp long exon-intron 3 and partial exon 4 regions of the GH gene (also called GH/Msp I locus) were amplified, and their PCR products analyzed via DNA sequencing method. Seven […]

ABSTRACT In this study, we investigated the differentiation of five different chicken ecotypes – Center, North, South, West, and East – of Saudi Arabia using discriminate analysis. The analysis was based on nine important morphological and phenotypic traits: body color, beak color, earlobe color, eye color, shank color, comb color, comb type, comb size, and feather distribution. There was a strong significant relationship between the phenotype and effect of geographic height in terms of comb type and earlobe color in […]

Estudou-se a diversidade genética de pacas (Agouti paca) de três plantéis comerciais no Brasil. Como o genoma desta espécie é desconhecido, utilizaram-se o polimorfismo de DNA amplificado ao acaso e reação em cadeia da polimerase (RAPD-PCR). Dez primers selecionados geraram 60 bandas polimórficas. A variabilidade genética inter e intrapopulações estimada pela análise de variância molecular (AMOVA) foi de 12,55 e 87,45%, respectivamente. A menor distância de Nei encontrada foi de 11,76% entre as populações de Carangola (CG) e São Francisco […]

Some arguments currently used to support breed conservation are examined. The central point is that we cannot conserve all breeds because we do not have financial resources enough to keep everything (mainly in developing countries) and in many cases we do not have special reasons to conserve breeds. A breed is a human product and it should not be confused with specie. A breed can be generated or transformed. We can create synthetic breeds with the best characteristics of several […]

Genetic diversity among breeds of cattle allows producers to select animals for specific environments or market conditions. Reproductive efficiency is a multi-component trait that is largely influenced by environmental influences such as health and nutritional status; however, there are clearly genetic components to reproductive efficiency, and breed differences in a number of indicator traits associated with fertility and cow productivity have been identified. Historical indicators of fertility include scrotal circumference, age at puberty, and postpartum interval. Both age at puberty […]