Journal
ANIMAL GENETICS
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 666-669Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02185.x
Keywords
chicken; cluster analysis; genetic diversity; microsatellite
Funding
- High Educational Ministry, Cairo, Egypt
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In this study, we assessed the genetic diversity of three Egyptian local chicken strains (Fayoumi, Dandarawi and Sinai) and six synthetic breeds derived from Fayoumi and Sinai by intercrossing with Barren Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red or White Cornish. Diversity measures were based on interrogation of 29 microsatellites. We identified three main clusters of chicken populations encompassing selected Fayoumi lines and Doki-4 (cluster-1), native Dandarawi (cluster-2) and Sinai, and all six synthetic breeds (cluster-3). Dandarawi and Fayoumi lines exhibited lower intra-population genetic diversity and allelic privacy than Sinai and synthetic breeds. The global inbreeding (F(IT)) was 0.11, among-population differentiation (F(ST)) was 0.07, and within-population differentiation (F(IS)) was 0.04. The between-population marker-estimated kinship was lower than within-population estimates. The cluster analysis classified the Fayoumi lines, Dandarawi and Gimmizah as clearly separated populations. The other strains were configured in mosaic admixed groups.
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