Definition of a SNP panel for paternity testing in ten sheep populations in Mexico

• DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106262
• Publication Date: 2020-10-31T06:20:02Z
• Authors: Joel Domínguez-Vi...; Felipe Alonso Rod...; Francisco Joel Ja...; José Alfredo Mart...; Guadalupe Nelson ...; Perla Ordoñez-Baq...
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences

Abstract This study aimed to edit the SNPs panel for sheep paternity testing in Mexico. The genotypes of 10,097 individuals distributed in ten breeds were analyzed: Blackbelly (459), Charollais (209), White Dorper (122), Dorper (2106), Dorset (534), Hampshire (1,298), Katahdin (3864), Pelibuey (821), Suffolk (596), and Texel (88). In all breeds the panel was comprised of 84 SNPs; the allele frequencies, the polymorphic information content (PIC), and the Hardy-Weinberg (HW) equilibrium were evaluated. Within breeds, the SNPs with HW disequilibrium (p