Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics (J Anim Breed Genom)
Nuri Choi, Dongwon Seo, Prabuddha Manjula and Jun Heon Lee*
Division of Animal and Dairy Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Korea
Correspondence to Jun Heon Lee, E-mail: junheon@cnu.ac.kr
Volume 2, Number 1, Pages 21-27, March 2018.
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics 2018, 2(1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.12972/jabng.20180017
Received on 14 March, 2018, Revised on 14 March, 2018, Accepted on 27 March, 2018, Published on March 31, 2018.
Copyright © 2018 Korean Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).
The phenotype traits of livestock are determined by the genetic variation with environmental variation of individual animals. In the past, the classification of breed was depending on morphological characteristics to identify breed. However, in recent years, various genetic markers can be analyzed to identify different breeds and individual animals. These molecular genetic markers can be used to assess the genetic diversity as well as tracking the species origin and identification. Recently, a genome sequencing technology can be rapidly and accurately confirmed the various type of genetic markers in the entire genome area. Of these, developed SNP markers and the rapidly evolving SNP array technology are increasingly replacing genetic diversity analysis using microsatellite markers. Therefore, this review discussed the basic information for developing various molecular genetic markers and their use in genetic diversity studies of livestock animals.
mtDNA, SNP, marker, genetic diversity
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) (213010-05-2-SB250), and “Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science and Technology Development (Project No.PJ012820052018) Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea was supported for this work.