Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2018)

Author(s):
IA Shantha Latha, S Sai Reddy, M Gnana Prakash, M Mahender and S Vani

Abstract:
In the present study a total of fifteen microsatellite loci were used for the assessment of genetic diversity and bottleneck analysis in Mahabubnagar goats obtained from the breeding tract of Mahabubnagar district, Telangana state. A total of 123 alleles with a mean of 10 ± 0.458 was observed. The effective number of alleles varied from 3.609 (MAF209) to 9.440 (INRABERN172) with a mean of 7.685 ± 0.36.The overall mean inbreeding coefficient (FIS) was 0.101 ± 0.035 and the PIC values for all the loci were found to be more than 0.50. No mode shift was detected in the frequency distribution of alleles and a normal L-distribution was obtained indicating the absence of bottleneck in the population.