Original scientific paper
A Four-step Approach for Selecting a Genetically Diverse Group of Animals from Pedigree Data using the Example of Endangered Austrian Goat Breeds
Michael Klaffenböck
orcid.org/0000-0003-4140-3941
; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1180 Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, Austria
Beate Berger
; AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Institute of Organic Farming and Biodiversity of Farm Animals, 4601 Thalheim, Austrasse 10, Austria
Gábor Mészáros
orcid.org/0000-0002-5937-0060
; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1180 Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, Austria
Johann Sölkner
orcid.org/0000-0002-1517-5829
; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1180 Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, Austria
Abstract
A four-step approach using pedigree data to create genetically diverse groups of animals for genotyping from a limited pool of available samples was developed and applied to a data set comprising five endangered Austrian goat breeds. Animals were selected according to their raw gene contribution, number of offspring, average relatedness to the living population and relatedness to other selected animals. Not all criteria could be applied to the same degree to all breeds due to small number of available samples. Methods to cope with this circumstance are presented in the paper. Inbreeding coefficient was lower in the selection groups than in the total populations in all breeds. Genotype data derived from the selected animals will be used to analyse diversity parameters and compare with available data from other Alpine goat breeds.
Keywords
pedigree; goats; genetic diversity; selection method; genetic resources
Hrčak ID:
191793
URI
Publication date:
18.12.2017.
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