Breed relationships and definition in British cattle: a genetic analysis

P Wiener; D Burton; JL Williams

doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800566

Breed relationships and definition in British cattle: a genetic analysis

P Wiener^*, D Burton, JL Williams

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Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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Abstract

The genetic diversity of eight British cattle breeds was quantified in this study. In all, 30 microsatellites from the FAO panel of markers were used to characterise the DNA samples from nearly 400 individuals. A variety of methods were applied to analyse the data in order to look at diversity within and between breeds. The relationships between breeds were not highly resolved and breed clusters were not associated with geographical distribution. Analyses also defined the cohesiveness or definition of the various breeds, with Highland, Guernsey and Jersey as the best defined and most distinctive of the breeds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	597-602
Number of pages	6
Journal	Heredity
Volume	93
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800566
Publication status	Published - Dec 2004

Keywords

diversity
FOOD-INTAKE
British cattle
INFERENCE
MULTIBREED COMPARISONS
POLYMORPHISM
breeds
DIVERSITY
GROWTH-RATE
microsatellites
MICROSATELLITE MARKERS
MULTILOCUS GENOTYPE DATA
POPULATION-STRUCTURE
SHEEP

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