Diversity Assessment of Bachaur Cattle from India: A Draft Breed Still Relevant in Mechanized Era
2007
Sharma, Rekha (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India), E-mail: [email protected] | Pandey, A.K. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Singh, S.C.P. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Singh, Y. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Mishra, B.P. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Singh, S.R. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Mandal, K.G. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Singh, P.K. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Singh, G. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India) | Ahlawat, S.P.S. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India)
Genetic diversity of Bachaur cattle- a draft breed of India bordering Nepal, was investigated by utilizing microsatellite markers. Forty seven random animals of the breed were typed with a set of 23 microsatellites proposed by the FAO for the biodiversities studies. All the microsatellites amplified well and exhibited polymorphism. The observed number of alleles (N∧o) per locus varied from 3 (ILSTS011) to 13 (ILSTS034) with the mean number of alleles 6.30±2.16. Our results showed that this draft breed which is still relevant in its breeding tract due to socio-economic conditions possesses sufficient genetic variability as demonstrated by the values for the expected and observed mean heterozygosity (0.694 and 0.534, respectively).
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