• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2007

The capability of microsatellite markers for individual identification and their potential for breed assignment of individuals was evaluated in two Indian horse breeds. The strength of these individual assignment methods was also evaluated by increasing the number of loci in increments of five. The probability of identity of two random horses from the two breeds at all twenty five studied loci was as low as $1.08{\times}10^{-32}$ showing their suitability to distinguish between individual horses and their products. In the phylogenetic approach for individual assignment using Nei's genetic distances, 10.81% of horses associated with breed other than the major cluster of the source breed horses when all twenty five microsatellite loci were implemented. Similar results were obtained when the maximum likelihood approach for individual assignment was used. Based on these results it is proposed that, although microsatellite markers may prove very useful for individual identification, their utility for breed assignment of horses needs further evaluation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.1491-1500
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• 2019

Objective: European pigs have been imported to improve the economically important traits of Thai pigs by crossbreeding and was finally completely replaced. Currently Thai indigenous pigs are particularly kept in a small population. Therefore, indigenous pigs risk losing their genetic diversity and identity. Thus, this study was conducted to perform large-scale genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses on the many pig breeds available in Thailand. Methods: Genetic diversity and phylogenetics analyses of 222 pigs belonging to Thai native pigs (TNP), Thai wild boars (TWB), European commercial pigs, commercial crossbred pigs, and Chinese indigenous pigs were investigated by genotyping using 26 microsatellite markers. Results: The results showed that Thai pig populations had a high genetic diversity with mean total and effective ($N_e$) number of alleles of 14.59 and 3.71, respectively, and expected heterozygosity ($H_e$) across loci (0.710). The polymorphic information content per locus ranged between 0.651 and 0.914 leading to an average value above all loci of 0.789, and private alleles were found in six populations. The higher $H_e$ compared to observed heterozygosity ($H_o$) in TNP, TWB, and the commercial pigs indicated some inbreeding within a population. The Nei's genetic distance, mean $F_{ST}$ estimates, neighbour-joining tree of populations and individual, as well as multidimensional analysis indicated close genetic relationship between Thai indigenous pigs and some Chinese pigs, and they are distinctly different from European pigs. Conclusion: Our study reveals a close genetic relationship between TNP and Chinese pigs. The genetic introgression from European breeds is found in some TNP populations, and signs of genetic erosion are shown. Private alleles found in this study should be taken into consideration for the breeding program. The genetic information from this study will be a benefit for both conservation and utilization of Thai pig genetic resources.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.173-180
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• 1995

We investigated levels and distribution of genetic variation in Korean populations of Calystegia soldanella and C. japonica, clonally reproducing herbaceous perennials. Calystegia soldanella is one ofecologically important beach plants growing only on sand and beach dunes in Europe, East Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the west coast of North America. In contrast, C. japonica usually grows on small mounds of paddy fields, roadsides, and waste places with patchy distribution. Starch gel electrophoresis was conducted on leaves collected from 13 populations of C. soldanella and eight populations of C. japonica. The levels of genetic variation of the two species are very comparable; means of expected heterozygosity (Hep) were 0.100 and 0.099 for C. soldanella and C. japonica, respectively. These values were also very similar to those for species with similar life-history and ecological traits. However, the proportion of total genetic diversity partitioned among populations (GST) of C. soldanella (0.146) was considerably lower than that of C. japonica (0.383). In addition, means of Nei's genetic identity (Ⅰ) for C. soldanella and C. japonica were 0.985 and 0.900, respectively, which supports a restricted gene flow resulting from obligate clonal reproduction of C. japonica. Significant differences in allele frequency were detected among populations at eight and nine of nine polymorphic loci for C. soldanella and C. japonica (P<0.01), respecitvely. Considering the ecological importance of C. soldanella, the isolated beach populations coupled with present destruction of natural habitats of the species may result in erosion of genetic diversity in the near future. In this respect, conservation efforts should be focused on those populations that currently maintain the most genetic diversity such as those populations in the eastern and southeastern Korean Peninsula and Hamduck Beach, Cheju Island.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2019

The taxonomic rank of the tiny-leaved terrestrial orchid Cephalanthera subaphylla Miyabe & $Kud{\hat{o}}$ has been somewhat controversial, as it has been treated as a species or as an infraspecific taxon, under C. erecta (Thunb.) Blume [C. erecta var. subaphylla (Miyabe & $Kud{\hat{o}}$) Ohwi and C. erecta f. subaphylla (Miyabe & $Kud{\hat{o}}$) M. Hiro]. Allozyme markers, traditionally employed for delimiting species boundaries, are used here to gain information for determining the taxonomic status of C. subaphylla. To do this, we sampled three populations of five taxa (a total of 15 populations) of Cephalanthera native to the Korean Peninsula [C. erecta, C. falcata (Thunb.) Blume, C. longibracteata Blume, C. longifolia (L.) Fritsch, and C. subaphylla]. Among 20 putative loci resolved, three were monomorphic (Dia-2, Pgi-1, and Tpi-1) across the five species. Apart from C. longibracteata, there was no allozyme variation within the remaining four species. Of the 51 alleles harbored by these 17 polymorphic loci, each of the 27 alleles at 14 loci was unique to a single species. Accordingly, we found low average values of Nei's genetic identities (I) between ten species pairs (from I = 0.250 for C. erecta versus C. longifolia to I = 0.603 for C. falcata vs. C. longibracteata), with C. subaphylla being genetically clearly differentiated from the other species (from I = 0.349 for C. subaphylla vs. C. longifolia to 0.400 for C. subaphylla vs. C. falcata). These results clearly indicate that C. subaphylla is not genetically related to any of the other taxa of Cephalanthera that are native to the Korean Peninsula, including C. erecta. In a principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), C. subaphylla was positioned distant not only from C. falcata, C. longibracteata, and C. longifolia, but also from C. erecta. Finally, K = 5 was the best clustering scheme using a Bayesian approach, with five clusters precisely corresponding to the five taxa. Thus, our allozyme results strongly suggest that C. subaphylla merits the rank of species.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2013

MS 마커는 가축의 유전적 다양성, 유연관계 및 품종식별의 연구에 있어서 매우 유용하다. 본 연구는 26개의 MS 마커를 이용하여 토종닭 브랜드 2집단(우리맛닭, 한협3호)과 토착종 순계 2집단(화이트 레그혼, 로드 아일랜드 레드)을 대상으로 집단내 및 집단간의 유전적 다양성, 계통유전학적 관계, 유전적 균일성 등을 검증하여 고유 유전자원으로서의 가치 구명 및 개체식별력이 높은 마커를 선별하여 토종닭 브랜드 계육의 생산이력시스템에 활용 가능한 기초자료를 제시하고자 실시 하였다. 대립 유전자형 분석결과 총 191개 중 47개(24.6%)가 집단 특이 대립 유전자였으며, 다형성지수의 평균은 $H_{Exp}$=0.667, PIC=0.630으로 산출 되었다. 공시된 320수 개체에 대한 요인대응분석(FCA) 결과 4개의 군집을 형성하였지만 2개 토종닭 브랜드 집단은 타 집단에 비해 매우 가까운 거리에 위치하고 있었으며, 집단간의 $D_A$ 유전거리 결과 또한 이와 동일했다. 각 집단에 대한 유전적 균일도는 모든 집단에서 94% 이상으로 높았다. 이상의 결과는 2개 토종닭 브랜드 집단은 유전적으로 유사하지만 토종닭 순계 집단과는 유전적인 차이가 크며, 순계 2집단 또한 유전적으로 확연히 분리됨을 증명 할 수 있다. 26개 MS마커 사용시 동일개체 출현확률(PI)은 $1.17{\times}10^{-49}$였다. 2011년 기준으로 닭 사육수수 149,511,309수를 고려해 PI 값이 높은 마커 9~12개 정도를 선별 및 분석에 이용 한다면 동일개체 출현확률(PI)이 $1.14{\times}10^{-15}$에서 $7.33{\times}10^{-20}$이므로 개체식별 및 친자 감별이 가능할 것으로 사료된다. 향후 경제적 효율성을 고려하여 MS 마커 및 mtDNA의 SNP를 기반으로 multiplexing PCR 시스템을 확립을 위한 연구가 이행된다면 토종닭 브랜드육의 생산이력시스템에 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.