Breed relationships and definition in British cattle: A genetic analysis

Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-602

  Wiener, P ^a   Burton, D ^a   Williams, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeds; British cattle; Diversity; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CATTLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 10044269493     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800566     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Andersson L (2001). Genetic dissection of phenotypic diversity in farm animals. Nat Rev Genet 2: 130-138.
2. Arranz J-J, BayónY, San Primitivo F (2001). Differentiation among Spanish sheep breeds using microsatellites. Genet Select Evol 33: 529-542.
3. Barker JSF, Moore SS, Hetzel DJS, Evans D, Tan SG, Byrne K (1997). Genetic diversity of Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): microsatellite variation and a comparison with protein-coding loci. Anim Genet 28: 103-115.
4. Barker JSF, Tan SG, Moore SS, Mukherjee TK, Matheson J-L, Selvaraj OS (2001). Genetic variation within and relationships among populations of Asian goats (Capra hircus). J Anim Breeding Genet 118: 213-233.
5. Beja-Pereira A, Alexandrino P, Bessa I, Carretero Y, Dunner S, Ferrand N et al (2003). Genetic characterization of southwestern European bovine breeds: a historical and biogeographical reassessment with a set of 16 microsatellites. J Hered 94: 243-250.
6. Bjørnstad G, Røed KH (2001). Breed demarcation and potential for breed allocation of horses assessed by microsatellite markers. Anim Genet 32: 59-65.
7. Blott SC, Williams JL, Haley CS (1998). Genetic relations among European cattle breeds. Anim Genet 29: 273-282.
8. Blott SC, Williams JL, Haley CS (1999). Discriminating among cattle breeds using genetic markers. Heredity 82: 613-619.
9. Bowcock AM, Ruiz-Linares A, Tomfohrde J, Minch E, Kidd JR, Cavalli-Sforza LL (1994). High resolution of human evolutionary trees with polymorphic microsatellites. Nature 368: 455-457.
10. Calafell F, Shuster A, Speed WC, Kidd JR, Kidd KK (1998). Short tandem repeat polymorphism evolution in humans. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 38-49.
11. Ciampolini R, Moazami-Goudarzi K, Vaiman D, Dillmann C, Mazzanti E, Foulley J-L et al (1995). Individual multilocus genotypes using microsatellite polymorphisms to permit the analysis of the genetic variability within and between Italian beef cattle breeds. J Anim Sci 73: 3259-3268.
12. Excoffier L, Smouse P, Quettro J (1992). Analysis of molecular variance inferred from metric distances among DNA haplotypes: application to human mitochondrial DNA restriction data. Genetics 131: 479-491.
13. Falush D, Stephens M, Pritchard JK (2003). Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data: linked loci and correlated allele frequencies. Genetics 164: 1567-1587.
14. FAO (1998). Measurement of Domestic Animal Diversity (MoDAD): Original Working Group Report, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome.
15. Felius M (1995). Cattle Breeds - An Encyclopedia, Misset uitgeverij: Doetinchem, The Netherlands.
16. Grosclaude F, Aupetit RY, Lefebvre J, Meriaux JC (1990). Tentative analysis of genetic relationships between French cattle breeds using biochemical polymorphism. Genet Select Evol 22: 317-338.
17. Kantanen J, Olsaker I, Holm L-E, Lien S, Vilkki J, Brusgaard K et al (2000). Genetic diversity and population structure of 20 North European cattle breeds. J Hered 91: 446-457.
18. Kidd KK, Pirchner F (1971). Genetic relationships of Austrian cattle breeds. Anim Blood Groups Biochem Genet 2: 145-158.
19. Kidd KK, Stone WH, Crimella C, Carenzi C, Casati M, Rognoni G (1980). Immunogenetic and population genetic analyses of Iberian cattle. Anim Blood Groups Biochem Genet 11: 21-38.
20. Klungland H, Olsen HG, Hassanane MS, Mahrous K, Våge DI (2000). Coat colour genes in diversity studies. J Anim Breeding Genet 117: 217-224.
21. MacHugh DE, Loftus RT, Bradley DG, Sharp PM, Cunningham P (1994). Microsatellite DNA variation within and among European cattle breeds. Proc Roy Soc Lond Ser B 256: 25-31.
22. MacHugh DE, Loftus RT, Cunningham P, Bradley DG (1998). Genetic structure of seven European cattle breeds assessed using 20 microsatellite markers. Anim Genet 29: 333-340.
23. Moazami-Goudarzi K, Laloë D, Furet JP, Grosclaude F (1997). Analysis of genetic relationships between 10 cattle breeds with 17 microsatellites. Anim Genet 28: 338-345.
24. Nei M (1987). Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Columbia University Press: New York.
25. Ponzoni RW (1997). Genetic resources and conservation. In: Piper L, Ruvinsky A (eds) The Genetics of Sheep, CAB International: Wallingford. pp 437-469.
26. Porter V (1991). Cattle, A Handbook to the Breeds of the World, A & C Black: London.
27. Pritchard JK, Stephens M, Donnelly P (2000). Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data. Genetics 155: 945-959.
28. Rosenberg NA, Burke T, Elo K, Feldman MW, Freidlin PJ, Groenen MAM et al (2001). Empirical evaluation of genetic clustering methods using multilocus genotypes from 20 chicken breeds. Genetics 159: 699-713.
29. Ruane J (1999). A critical review of the value of genetic distance studies in conservation of animal genetic resources. J Anim Breeding Genet 116: 317-323.
30. Saitou N, Nei M (1987). The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees. Mol Biol Evol 4: 406-425.
31. Tapio M, Miceikiene I, Vilkki J, Kantanen J (2003). Comparison of microsatellite and blood protein diversity in sheep: inconsistencies in fragmented breeds. Mol Ecol 12: 2045-2056.
32. Thiessen RB, Hnizdo E, Maxwell AG, Gibson D, Taylor SCS (1984). Multibreed comparisons of British cattle. Variation in body weight, growth rate and food intake. Anim Prod 38: 323-340.
33. Thiessen RB, Taylor SCS, Murray J (1985). Multibreed comparisons of British cattle. Variation in relative growth rate, relative food intake and food conversion efficiency. Anim Prod 41: 193-199.
34. Weir BS (1996). Genetic Data Analysis II, Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers: Sunderland, MA.