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The Journal of Heredity 1999:90(6)
© 1999 The American Genetic Association 90:656-659

Brief communication. Comparison of multilocus DNA fingerprints and microsatellites in an estimate of genetic distance in chicken

S Ponsuksill*, K Wimmers, F Schmoll, P Horst1, and K Schellander

Institut für Tierzuchtwissenschaft, Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, D-53115 Bonn, Germany 1Institut für Nutztierwissenschaften, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany *Corresponding author E-mail: spon@itz.uni-bonn.de

We estimated genetic variation based on DNA fingerprinting and microsatellites in samples of chicken lines ranging from commercial high-yielding lines, to exotic local populations, to an experimental inbred line. Heterozygosity estimates based on DNA fingerprints and microsatellites were highly correlated (r=0.88). The potential of DNA fingerprints and microsatellites as precise tools to measure heterozygosity was demonstrated. Concerning estimation of genetic distance between populations, it was shown that the application of DNA fingerprints on DNA pools is suitable, fast, and economical and therefore competitive with the use of microsatellites, especially in species where information to design primer pairs to detect microsatellites is limited.


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