Diversidade genética em caprinos

Abstract

They were appraised 187 animals of Moxotó breed raised on Paraíba, Pernambuco and Mossoró-RN State, and 46 Serpentina goats in Portugal with the objective of verify the genetic relationship among Moxotó herds and those ones with the Serpentina breed. 25 microsatellit was used and, all were shown polimorphyc and good equilibrium levels once 60% of the markers are presented in equilibrium within of herd. The marker MAF209 show monomorphyc for the populations of Mossoró-RN, Taperóa-PB and Serra-Talahda-PE, and show 3 aleles in herd of Ibimirim - PE and Serpentina. Among the studied flocks, the one of the Serpentine breed was it that show larger consanguinity levels, with high value of FIS for 9 of the studied locos, soon afterwards Mossoró-RN and Ibimirim-PE, for 8 locos Taperoá-PB and Serra-Talhada-PE, for 7 of the investigated locos. The flocks of Mosoró-RN, Taperoá-PB, Ibimirim-PE and Serpentina for they presented levels signficant (p <0,05) for heterozygots deficit demonstrate for the high and positive value FIS. The Fst values confirmed a larger genetic distance among Moxotó goats on Serra-Talhada-PE and Serpentina breed from Portugal (0,275). The molecular variance analysis showed that 10,48% of the observed genetic variation is due to differences inter-groups, indicating that exist sub-division in Moxotó breed probable due to lack of gene flow in the breed. Theanimals studied were assigned probabilistically through Bayesian inference to one or more populations using the Structure program. Four populations were suggested (K=4), so that the sub division was more strong in the herds located in Mossoró-RN State. The detection of sub-division in the Moxotó breed in sub-populations shows the necessity of a conservation program to promote gene flow among them and to increase the global genetic diversity in the breed.