Development of eight novel microsatellite markers for Huoyan geese

Genet Mol Res. 2014 Jul 25;13(3):5562-5. doi: 10.4238/2014.July.25.10.

Abstract

In this study, we isolated microsatellite DNA from the Huoyan goose genome with magnetic beads. As a result, 150 positive clones were identified, and 148 microsatellites were found. Among the 148 microsatellites, 69.6% were perfect, 17.6% were imperfect, and the rest were compound type (12.8%). Twenty microsatellite primers were used to screen 90 individuals from 3 Huoyan goose populations. Eight loci were polymorphic with a low number of alleles (2 to 4). The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.3556 to 1 and from 0.2923 to 0.6868, respectively. All the 8 polymorphic loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These molecular markers will be useful for future studies on population genetic structure and conservation genetics in Huoyan geese.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Animals
  • Geese / genetics*
  • Genetic Loci
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genotype
  • Microsatellite Repeats*
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KF171886
  • GENBANK/KF207901
  • GENBANK/KF207903
  • GENBANK/KF207904
  • GENBANK/KF207905
  • GENBANK/KF207906
  • GENBANK/KF207907
  • GENBANK/KF207908