Statistical analysis of alleles in 4703 thoroughbred racing horses using fifteen microsatellite DNA markers

We analyzed 4703 thoroughbred horses using 15 microstellite markers for parentage testing and individual identification. We analyzed number of alleles, allelic frequencies, observed(Ho) and expected(He) heterozygosity, probability of exclusion (PE) and total PE for parentage test. The number of alle...

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Published inJournal of animal science Vol. 94; p. 88
Main Authors Kang, S-W, Lee, S-Y, Chio, D-H, Kang, H-J, Hu, M-B, Yang, Y J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Champaign Oxford University Press 01.09.2016
Subjects
Alleles
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Gene frequency
Genetic markers
Heterozygosity
Horse racing
Horses
Markers
Microsatellites
Statistical analysis
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Summary:We analyzed 4703 thoroughbred horses using 15 microstellite markers for parentage testing and individual identification. We analyzed number of alleles, allelic frequencies, observed(Ho) and expected(He) heterozygosity, probability of exclusion (PE) and total PE for parentage test. The number of alleles of the markers varied between five and 10, with an average number of 6.6. The heterozygosity ranged from 0.427 to 0.817, and mean expected heterozygosity was 0.682. Observed PIC was from 0.444 (HTG4) to 0.791 (ASB2), and total PE of all markers was 0.9999. These results verify that 15 microsatellite markers used in this study are very powerful for parentage test and individual identification of thoroughbred horse in South Korea.
ISSN:0021-8812
1525-3163