title: Genetic diversity of local geese of varying productivity and feather color in Kars.
abstract: The local geese in the transition region between the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia have economically significant differences in productivity and are identified by four feather colors, white, black, piebald, and yellow. This study was undertaken to determine the genetic structure, evolutionary relationships, and genetic diversity among these birds. DNA samples were obtained from 100 animals, and 50 random primers were screened. Genetic relationships were determined by random amplified polymorphic DNA polymorphisms obtained from a total of 48 loci, showing 40 bands (83.33%) that were polymorphic among all the populations investigated. A dendrogram constructed for this study revealed a close relationship between the white and the black birds. Additionally, the piebald birds showed close similarity to white and black geese, and the yellow birds displayed a clear distance from the other three populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars 36040, Turkey. akdevrim@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alparslan Kadir
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Devrim
authors.forename: Necati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: Buket
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kocer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005241:Feathers; D005777:Geese / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010858:Pigmentation; D011200:Poultry; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique / Q000379:methods; D012098:Reproduction; D014421:Turkey