Development of Microsatellite Marker System to Determine the Genetic Diversity of Experimental Chicken, Duck, Goose, and Pigeon Populations

• Main Authors: Xiulin Zhang, Yang He, Wei Zhang, Yining Wang, Xinmeng Liu, Aique Cui, Yidi Gong, Jing Lu, Xin Liu, Xueyun Huo, Jianyi Lv, Meng Guo, Xiaoyan Du, Lingxia Han, Hongyan Chen, Jilan Chen, Changlong Li, Zhenwen Chen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
• Series: BioMed Research International
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8851888
• ISSN: 2314-6133; 2314-6141

Poultries including chickens, ducks, geese, and pigeons are widely used in the biological and medical research in many aspects. The genetic quality of experimental poultries directly affects the results of the research. In this study, following electrophoresis analysis and short tandem repeat (STR) scanning, we screened out the microsatellite loci for determining the genetic characteristics of Chinese experimental chickens, ducks, geese, and pigeons. The panels of loci selected in our research provide a good choice for genetic monitoring of the population genetic diversity of Chinese native experimental chickens, ducks, geese, and ducks.