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Genetic characterization and founder effect analysis of recently introduced Salers cattle breed population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2016

D. Gamarra ,
A. Lopez-Oceja  and
M. M. de Pancorbo
D. Gamarra
Affiliation:
BIOMICs Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Lascaray Research Center, 01006 Vitoria, Spain
A. Lopez-Oceja
Affiliation:
BIOMICs Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Lascaray Research Center, 01006 Vitoria, Spain
M. M. de Pancorbo*
Affiliation:
BIOMICs Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Lascaray Research Center, 01006 Vitoria, Spain
*
†E-mail: marian.mdepancorbo@ehu.eus
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Abstract

Salers are a native French breed used for beef and dairy production that has expanded to all the continents. The Salers breed was introduced to the north of Spain in 1985 with only 15 individuals from France and has successfully increased to over 20 000 animals. Although over time new animals have been imported from France for breeding, it is possible that the limiting number of founder animals could have resulted in a reduction of the genetic diversity found in Spanish Salers. Thus, the purpose of the present study has been to characterize the genetic diversity of Salers breed in Spain and evaluate a possible founder effect due to reduced number of the first reproducers. A total of 403 individuals from 12 Salers herds were analyzed using 12 microsatellite markers and compared with phylogenetically and geographically close related Blonde d’Aquitaine, Limousin and Charolais French breeds but also other 16 European breeds. Microsatellites in Salers were polymorphic, with a mean allelic richness of 5.129 and an expected heterozygosity of 0.621 across loci (0.576 to 0.736 among all breeds). Average observed heterozygosity was 0.618. All the loci fit the Hardy–Weinberg (HW) equilibrium except TGLA227 locus due to a significant deficit of heterozygotes in only one of the herds, probably attributable to a sampling effect. When all loci were combined, Salers inbreeding coefficient did not differ statistically from 0 (FIS=0.005), indicating not significant excess or deficit of heterozygotes (P=0.309). Based in allelic distribution, Salers revealed a frequency of 0.488 in BM2113-131 and 0.064 in BM2113-143 diagnostic alleles, which are specific to the African zebu. These zebu alleles are also found in some French breeds, supported by STR data previously postulated hypothesis of a migration route through Mediterranean route by which North African cattle may have left a genetic signature in southern Europe. Phylogenetic tree and population structure analyses could unambiguously differentiate Salers cattle from the other populations and 10% of the total genetic variability could be attributed to differences among breeds (mean RST=0.105; P<0.01). Mutation-drift equilibrium tests (sign test and Wilcoxon’s sign rank test) were in correspondence to the absence of founder effect when Bonferroni was applied. Gene diversity previously reported in French Salers was comparable with the observed in our population. Thus, high genetic diversity in Spanish Salers highlights the resources of this population, which looks toward future breeding and selection programs.

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admixturefounder effectgenetic structuremicrosatellitesubdivided populations
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animal , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 24 - 32
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© The Animal Consortium 2016 

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