Microsatellite markers in the study of polymorphism of domestic pig breeds (Sus scrofa domesticus)

  • Alina A. Rabtsava State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 43 Kaĺvaryjskaja Street, Minsk 220073, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5550-9873
  • Sviatlana A. Kotava Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Filimonava Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus
  • Alexandra Ya. Hrebianchuk Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Filimonava Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus
  • Alla I. Gandzha Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on Animal Husbandry, 11 Frunze Street, Žodzina 222160, Belarus
  • Natallia V. Zhuryna Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on Animal Husbandry, 11 Frunze Street, Žodzina 222160, Belarus
  • Iosif S. Tsybovsky Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Filimonava Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus; BelJurZabespjachjenne, 1B Dziaržynskaha Avenue, Minsk 220069, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-1722-2021-2-74-83

Abstract

Using 13 tetra- and 7 dinucleotide microsatellites, we studied the polymorphism of 6 breeds of pigs - Belarusian large white (BLW), Belarusian meat (BM), Belarusian black motley (BBM), Landrace (LR), Yorkshire (YR) and Duroc (DR), which are bred in Belarus. A high level of genetic polymorphism is shown for all breeds, with the exception of the DR breed. For 6 breeds, a low level of inbreeding is shown. Alleles peculiar only to these breeds were found in the gene pools of all the studied breeds. This fact confirms the importance of preserving local breeds for maintaining polymorphism in domestic pigs as a whole. Estimation of genetic distances reveals a significant contribution of the commercial European breeds of Landrace and Yorkshire, however, the evolutionary paths of all three native breeds differ.

Author Biographies

Alina A. Rabtsava, State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 43 Kaĺvaryjskaja Street, Minsk 220073, Belarus

deputy head of the department of research and accounting of objects of animal origin and fibrous nature, department of genotyposcopic examination, general directorate of special examination, central office

Sviatlana A. Kotava, Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Filimonava Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), leading researcher at the laboratory of molecular biological research

Alexandra Ya. Hrebianchuk, Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Filimonava Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus

junior researcher at the laboratory of molecular biological research

Alla I. Gandzha, Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on Animal Husbandry, 11 Frunze Street, Žodzina 222160, Belarus

PhD (agricultural science), docent; head of the laboratory of molecular biotechnology and DNA testing

Natallia V. Zhuryna, Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on Animal Husbandry, 11 Frunze Street, Žodzina 222160, Belarus

PhD (agricultural science); leading researcher at the laboratory of molecular biotechnology and DNA testing

Iosif S. Tsybovsky, Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Filimonava Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus; BelJurZabespjachjenne, 1B Dziaržynskaha Avenue, Minsk 220069, Belarus

PhD (biology); scientific supervisor at the laboratory of molecular biological research, Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, and leading specialist, BelJurZabespjachjenne

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Published
2021-06-28
Keywords: genetic polymorphism, microsatellites, domestic pig, breeds
How to Cite
Rabtsava, A. A., Kotava, S. A., Hrebianchuk, A. Y., Gandzha, A. I., Zhuryna, N. V., & Tsybovsky, I. S. (2021). Microsatellite markers in the study of polymorphism of domestic pig breeds (Sus scrofa domesticus). Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 2, 74-83. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-1722-2021-2-74-83
Issue
No 2 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Biology
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Genetics and Molecular Biology

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