GENETIC DIVERSITY OF EGYPTIAN ARABIAN HORSES FROM EL-ZAHRAA STUD BASED ON 14 TKY MICROSATELLITE MARKERS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-1041-2020Abstract
The objectives of this study were, firstly, to conduct genetic characterization of Egyptian Arabian horses based on 14 TKY microsatellite markers, secondly, to investigate the powerfulness of these 14 TKY markers for parentage assignment of Arabian horses. A total of 101 horse samples including (Arabian = 71, Thoroughbred = 19 and Nooitgedacht = 11) were analysed by 14 TKY microsatellite markers. The PCR products were electrophoresed on Genetic analyzer 3500 with the aid of Liz standard. The basic measures of the allele’s size and genetic diversity were computed using bioinformatics software. The polymorphism of the TKY markers across the Arabian population showed moderate values for genetic diversity parameters; number of allele (NA) =8.143, effective number of allele (Ne) = 3.694, observed heterozygosity (HO) = 0.599, expected heterozygosity (HE) = 0.691, polymorphic Information Content (PIC) = 0.636 and Inbreeding coefficient (FIS)= 0.128. The combined probability of exclusion (CPE) value of the 14 TKY microsatellite loci of our Arabian horses was 0.9999. The results from current study confirm the applicability and efficiency of TKY microsatellite panel for evaluating the genetic diversity and parentage assignment of Egyptian Arabian horses.
Key words: Arabian horses; genetic diversity; microsatellite; TKY markers
GENSKA RAZNOVRSTNOST EGIPČANSKIH KONJ ARABSKE PASME IZ KOBILARNE EL-ZAHRAA NA PODLAGI 14 MIKROSATELITSKIH OZNAK TKY
Izvleček: Nameni raziskave so bili genetska karakterizacija egipčanskih konj arabske pasme na podlagi 14 mikrosatelitskih označevalecv TKY ter raziskava moči 14 označevalcev TKY za dodelitev staršev arabskih konj. S pomočjo 14 mikrosatelitskih označevalcev TKY je bilo analiziranih 101 vzorcev konj (arabski = 71, čistokrvni = 19 in konji Nooitgedacht = 11). Produkte PCR so analizirali s pomočjo elektroforeze na genskem analizatorju 3500 s pomočjo Liz standarda. Osnovne mere velikosti alela in genske raznovrstnosti so bile izračunane s pomočjo programske opreme za bioinformatiko. Polimorfizem označevalcev TKY v arabski populaciji je pokazal zmerne vrednosti za parametre genske raznolikosti; število alelov (NA) = 8,143, efektivno število alelov (Ne) = 3,694, opazovana heterozigotnost (HO) = 0,599, pričakovana heterozigotnost (HE) = 0,691, polimorfna informacijska vsebina (PIC) = 0,636 in Inbriding koeficient (FIS) = 0,128. Skupna vrednost verjetnosti izključitve (CPE) 14 mikrosatelitskih lokusov TKY njihovih arabskih konj je bila 0,9999. Rezultati te raziskave potrjujejo uporabnost in učinkovitost mikrosatelitske plošče TKY za oceno genetske raznovrstnosti in starševske pripadnosti egipčanskih arabskih konj.
Ključne besede: arabski konji; genska raznolikost; mikrosatelit; markerji TKY
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