M. I. Soysal
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Faculty of Tekirdag, Technical University, Turkey
Y. T. Tuna
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Faculty of Tekirdag, Technical University, Turkey
E. Ozkan
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Faculty of Tekirdag, Technical University, Turkey
E. K. Gurcan
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Faculty of Tekirdag, Technical University, Turkey
I. Togan
Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
V. Altunok
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary, Sel9uk University, Konya, Turkey
ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to clarify the differences among the indigenous farm animal breeds by means microsatellite DNA polymorphism. The microsatellite DNA polymorphism in the Kivircik, Akkaraman, Awassi, Turkgeldi and Konya Merino sheep breeds were investigated. Repeated determined number of nucleotide as length of 1-6 nucleotide so called microsatellite are informative in phylogenetic studies. Three different microsatellite region of OarFCB304, OarFCB20, MAF65 were used in this study to compare the breeds genetically. The homozygote and heterozygote types of three mentioned loci were determined. The variation in the several wool characteristics of 5 native sheep breed investigated were examined according to the microsatellite DNA types. The relationship between several wool traits of material such as length, work to rupture, thickness, elongation, tenacity, etc and microsatellite DNA types were analysed.
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M. I. Soysal, Y. T. Tuna, E. Ozkan, E. K. Gurcan, I. Togan and V. Altunok, 2005. A Study on the Wool Characteristics of Several Turkish Sheep Breeds According
to the Microsatellite DNA Types. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 186-189.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.186.189
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.186.189
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.186.189
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.186.189
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