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The Journal of Heredity 2002:93(5)
© 2002 The American Genetic Association 93:376-380

Brief Communication

Microsatellite Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Wild and Farmed Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

E. L. Hammond, A. J. Lymbery, G. B. Martin, D. Groth, and J. D. Wetherall

From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth 6000, Australia (Hammond, Groth, and Wetherall); Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia (Lymbery); and School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia (Martin).

Address correspondence to Emma Hammond, Centre for Clinical Immunology and Biomedical Statistics, 2nd floor, North Block, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia, 6000, or e-mail: emma.hammond{at}health.wa.gov.au.

The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) occupies most regions of the Australian continent and in recent times has been farmed for meat, oil, and leather. Very little is known about the genetic structure of natural or farmed populations of these birds. We report a preliminary study of genetic variation in emus undertaken by typing birds from five farms and two natural populations at five polymorphic microsatellite loci. Genetic diversity was high for all populations and there was little evidence of inbreeding, with most populations conforming to Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium for most loci. Significant heterozygote deficiencies at one locus in a number of populations were detected and may indicate the presence of null alleles. Comparisons of allele frequencies showed little evidence of genetic differentiation either among farmed populations or between farmed and natural populations.


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