Short communication. Inbreeding and homozygosity in Iberian pigs

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-251

  Alves, E ^a   Barragan C ^a   Toro, M A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Guadyerbas strain; Microsatellites; Molecular markers; Torbiscal strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 49749107936     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2008062-323     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. ÁLVAREZ I., ROYO L.J., GUTIÉRREZ J.P., FERNÁNDEZ I., ARRANZ J.J., GOYACHE F., 2008. Relationship between genealogical and microsatellite information characterising losses of genetic variability: empirical evidence from the rare Xalda sheep breed. Livestock Sci 115, 80-88. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2007.06.009.
2. CHAKRABORTY R., 1981. The distribution of the number of heterozygous loci in an individual in natural populations. Genetics 98, 461-466.
3. FERNÁNDEZ A., RODRIGÁÑEZ J., TORO M.A., RODRÍGUEZ M.C., SILIÓ L., 2002. Inbreeding effects on the parameters of the growth function in three strains of Iberian pig. J Anim Sci 80, 2267-2275.
4. ODRIOZOLA M., 1976. Investigación sobre los datos acumulados en dos piaras experimentales. IRYDA, Madrid. [In Spanish].
5. PEMBERTON J., 2004. Measuring inbreeding depression in the wild: the old ways are the best. TREE 19, 613-615. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.010.
6. ROYO L.J., ALVAREZ I., GUTIÉRREZ J.P., FERNÁNDEZ I., GOYACHE F., 2007. Genetic variability in the endangered Asturcón pony assessed using genealogical and molecular information. Livestock Sci 107, 162-169. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2006.09.010.
7. TORO M.A., BARRAGÁN C., ÓVILO C., RODRIGÁÑEZ J., RODRÍGUEZ C., SILIÓ L., 2002. Estimation of coancestry in Iberian pigs using molecular markers. Conserv Genet 3, 309-320.
8. TORO M.A., BARRAGÁN C., ÓVILO C., 2003. Estimation of genetic variability of the founder population in a conservation scheme using microsatellites. Anim Genet 34, 226-228. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.2003.00988.x.