title: Assessment of DNA fingerprinting for determining genetic diversity in sheep populations.
abstract: Genomic DNA, prepared from 12 animals from four sheep flocks, was digested with either HaeIII or HinfI and probed with three DNA fingerprinting probes. Mean DNA fingerprint band sharing and band frequency calculated for each flock were used to estimate genetic diversity. Each of the DNA fingerprinting systems showed the same trend in diversity within the sampled flocks, and greater diversity between the flocks than within the flocks. DNA fingerprinting therefore provides a useful measure of genetic diversity in sheep.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Towers
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000662:veterinary*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D011336:Probability; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes