Articles | Volume 60, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-153-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-153-2017
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13 Jun 2017
Original study |  | 13 Jun 2017

Genetic diversity in Tunisian horse breeds

Bayrem Jemmali, Mohamed Mezir Haddad, Nawel Barhoumi, Syrine Tounsi, Faten Lasfer, Amira Trabelsi, Belgacem Ben Aoun, Imen Gritli, Soufiene Ezzar, Abdelhak Ben Younes, Mohamed Habib Ezzaouia, Boulbaba Rekik, and Hatem Ouled Ahmed

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This study aimed at screening genetic diversity and differentiation in four horse breeds raised in Tunisia: the Barb (BA), Arab-Barb (AB), Arabian (AR), and English Thoroughbred (TS) breeds. A total of 200 blood samples were collected and genomic DNA was extracted. The average number of alleles per locus was 7.52 (0.49), 7.35 (0.54), 6.3 (0.44), and 6 (0.38) for the AB, BA, AR, and TS, respectively. Results showed that the important amount of genetic variation was within population.