title: Genetic variability of seven dog breeds based on microsatellite markers.
abstract: The present study, compared the genetic variability of seven dog breeds and a test sample from Switzerland by means of 26 microsatellite markers. Five loci were excluded from further analyses because one was monomorphic, one not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in all breeds and three in linkage disequilibrium with linked loci. The proportion of shared alleles at the individual level of the remaining 21 microsatellite markers combined with the neighbour-joining method allowed for the clustering of the large majority of the individuals in accordance to their breed. The results were confirmed by analyses using a Bayesian approach for clustering and a Monte Carlo re-sampling method for individual assignment or exclusion to a given population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schelling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dolf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000662:veterinary; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D013045:Species Specificity; D013557:Switzerland