D-loop haplotype diversity in Brazilian horse breeds

AUTOR(ES)

Ianella, Patrícia, Albuquerque, Maria do Socorro Maués, Paiva, Samuel Rezende, Egito, Andréa Alves do, Almeida, Leonardo Daniel, Sereno, Fabiana T. P. S., Carvalho, Luiz Felipe Ramos, Mariante, Arthur da Silva, McManus, Concepta Margaret

FONTE

Genet. Mol. Biol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

31/08/2017

RESUMO

Abstract The first horses were brought to Brazil by the colonizers after 1534. Over the centuries, these animals evolved and adapted to local environmental conditions usually unsuitable for exotic breeds, thereby originating locally adapted Brazilian breeds. The present work represents the first description of maternal genetic diversity in these horse breeds based on D-loop sequences. A D-Loop HSV-I fragment of 252 bp, from 141 horses belonging to ten Brazilian breeds / genetic groups (locally adapted and specialized breeds) were analysed. Thirty-five different haplotypes belonging to 18 haplogroups were identified with 33 polymorphic sites. Haplotype diversity (varying from 0.20 to 0.96) and nucleotide diversity (varying from 0.0039 to 0.0239) was lower for locally adapted than for specialized breeds, with the same pattern observed for FST values. Haplogroups identified in Brazilian breeds are in agreement with previous findings in South American samples. The low variability observed mainly in locally adapted breeds, indicates that, to ensure conservation of these breeds, careful reproductive management is needed. Additional genetic characterization studies are required to support accurate decision-making.

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