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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Genetic relationships of the Cuban hair sheep inferred from microsatellite polymorphism
Small Ruminant Research, Volume 104, No. 1-3, Year 2012
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The aim of this research was to assess: (a) the genetic relationships between the Cuban Pelibuey and both the Hair-Mexican and Hair-Canarian sheep populations; and (b) the influence of African hair sheep in the formation of the Cuban Pelibuey breed. A total of 146 individuals of Cuban Pelibuey hair sheep breed were sampled and genotyped for 26 microsatellites together with 26 Hair-Mexican and 24 Hair-Canarian individuals. Additionally, the same microsatellites set was typed on 110 West African hair sheep and on 41 individuals belonging to the Wooled-Canarian (23) and the Wooled-Palmera (18) sheep breeds to be used as outgroup. Genetic distance, correspondence and STRUCTURE analyses pointed out that the Cuban Pelibuey has a particular genetic background. This population has relatively high levels of gene diversity (0.685. ±. 0.006) and rarefacted allelic richness (5.9). No signals of genetic bottleneck in the Cuban Pelibuey sheep were detected. The Hair-Canarian and the Hair-Mexican populations are closely related. This is likely to be due to a major role of the Cuban Pelibuey sheep in their formation. The influence of African hair sheep into the Cuban Pelibuey could be limited and recent in historical terms. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Álvarez, Isabel
Spain, Gijon
Serida-deva
Capote, Juan
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias
Traoré, Amadou T.
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Institut de L'environnement et de Recherches Agricoles Ouagadougou
Fonseca, Norge
Cuba, Bayamo, Granma
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Jorge Dimitrov
Pérez, Kirenia
Cuba, Bayamo, Granma
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Jorge Dimitrov
Cuervo, Maite
Spain, Gijon
Serida-deva
Spain, Gijon
Serpa
Fernández, Iván
Spain, Gijon
Serida-deva
Goyache, Félix M.
Spain, Gijon
Serida-deva
Statistics
Citations: 31
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.10.025
ISSN:
09214488
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study