title: Genetic variation within and relationships among five subpopulations of Slovak Thoroughbred.
abstract: Genetic variation at six microsatellite loci was analysed for five Thoroughbred subpopulations to determine the magnitude of genetic differentiation and the genetic relationships among the subpopulations. Significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were shown for a number of locus-population combinations, with all subpopulations. The genetic diversities and relationships of five Thoroughbred subpopulations were evaluated using six microsatellites recommended by the International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG). The allele frequencies, the effective numbers of alleles, and the observed and expected heterozygosities were calculated. POPGENE v. 1.31 (Yeh et al., 1997) was used to test for deviations from the Hardy-Weinberg (H-W) equilibrium and to assign F(IS) estimates (Weir, 1990). The utility of microsatellites for evaluating genetic diversity of horses is discussed.
authors.affiliation: State Breeding Institute, Nitra, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sátková-Jakabová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trandzík
authors.forename: L'udmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hudecová-Kvasnáková
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hegedüsová-Zetochová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bugarský
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buleca
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zöldág
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jakab
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fl'ak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006579:Heterozygote; D006736:Horses / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D018154:Slovakia
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers