Vol. 10, Special Issue 4 (2021)

Author(s):
B Sridevi, ST Viroji Rao and M Gnana Prakash

Abstract:
Genetic characterization of IWD and IWF strains of White Leghorn birds was undertaken using 5 microsatellite markers in 120 birds. A total of 33 alleles were obtained across all loci. The loci ADL102 and MCW104 showed a maximum of 4 alleles, where as the loci MCW 04, MCW 05 and MCW 29 each showed 3 alleles in the population. The expected heterozygosity estimates ranged from 0.39 (ADL102) to 0.61 (MCW004). The PIC values ranged from 0.40 for MCW29 to 0.62 for MCW004 among the populations. The Loci MCW29 in IWF demonstrated non-significant deviation for hardy Weinberg equilibrium while all other loci had significant deviation at P≤0.00.