Evolutionary Relationship Among Three Native and Two Crossbreed Sheep Breeds of Turkey : Preliminary Results

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2005

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The Turkish native sheep breeds, possibly being the neighbours of the earliest domesticated sheep populations, might be harbouring important genetic characteristics to be employed in the future for the improvement of sheep breeds. In order to design a conservation strategy, their genetic diversities must be determined. In the present study, based on three microsatellite loci, the genetic diversity of the Kivircik, Awassi, Akkaraman breeds (native) of Turkey as well as two of their crossbreeds Türkgeldi and Konya Merino were studied comparatively. It was observed that their heterozygoties are all high (0.6673-0.7822) compared to previously studied breeds, as expected for populations close to the center of domestication. Neighbour Joining (NJ) tree based on allele sharing distances indicated that the inertia of the breeds are not high. Yet, the genetic differentiations between the breeds based on pairwise FST (inbreeding coefficient) values are all significant. Furthermore, the three microsatellite loci could distinguish three groups of native breeds and their crossbreeds; 1) Awassi, 2) Kivircik-Türkgeldi and 3) Akkaraman-Konya Merino.
Les races de moutons originaires de Turquie, étant probablement les plus proches des premières populations de moutons domestiqués, pourraient pré- senter des caractéristiques génétiques importantes pour l'amélioration des races actuelles. Afin de mettre sur pied une stratégie de conservation, il est nécessaire de déterminer la diversité génétique de ces races anciennes. Dans notre étude, basée sur l'analyse de trois loci microsatellites, la diversité génétique de trois races de moutons originaires de Turquie Kivircik, Awassi et Akkaraman ainsi que de deux races hybrides: Türkgeldi et Konya Merino ont été étudiées et comparées. Il apparaît que leurs niveaux d'hété- rozygotie sont tous élevés (0.6673-0.7822) par rapport à ceux des races de moutons étudiées auparavant, comme attendu pour des populations proches du centre de domestication. Des arbres « Neighbour Joining basés sur la distance des allèles partagés indique que l'inertie de ces races n'est pas éle- vée. Cependant, les différences génétiques entre ces races sont toutes signi- ficatives sur la base de leurs valeurs pairées de FST (coefficient de consan- guinité). De plus, les trois loci microsatellites étudiés permettent de distin- guer trois groupes comportant des races locales et des races hybrides: 1) Awassi, 2) Kivircik-Türkgeldi 3) Akkaraman-Konya Merino.

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Genetic diversity, Microsatellite, Ovis, Turkish sheep breeds, Ovins, races ovines turques, microsatellite, diversité génétique

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Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

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156

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5

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Togan, I., Nizamlioglu, M., Bulut, Z., Altunok, V., Ünal, Ö. E., Koban, E., Soysal, M.I., (2005). Evolutionary Relationship Among Three Native and Two Crossbreed Sheep Breeds of Turkey : Preliminary Results. Revue de Medecine Veterinaire, 156(5), 289-293.