EJPAU 2013. Polasik D. <i>GHR</i> GENE POLYMORPHISM IN BREEDING STOCKS OF CHINCHILLAS

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Volume 16
Issue 4

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Animal Husbandry

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Polasik D. 2013. GHR GENE POLYMORPHISM IN BREEDING STOCKS OF CHINCHILLAS, EJPAU 16(4), #02.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume16/issue4/abs-02.html

GHR GENE POLYMORPHISM IN BREEDING STOCKS OF CHINCHILLAS

Daniel Polasik
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to establish genetic characteristics of Chinchilla herds and compare them in relation to the polymorphism in the GHR gene. For the analysis sample of 545 standard Chinchillas was used, obtained from two farms with different breeding cycle. A screening test based on ACRS, AS-PCR, PCR-RFLP methods was designed for polymorphism detection. Analyzing polymorphisms statistically significant differences were found between herds in allele and genotype frequency. In the case of polymorphism 135G>C in the herd with closed breeding cycle, a presence of one allele was observed. It was also confirmed that herd with open breeding cycle was characterized by a higher coefficient of average heterozygosity.

Key words: breeding cycle, Chinchilla, fur animals, GHR gene, polymorphism.

Daniel Polasik
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Doktora Judyma 6, 71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Phone: +48 91 449 67 80
email: daniel.polasik@zut.edu.pl

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