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• Study of a Turkey Population for Gene Preservation

  48-52

  Szilvia Szőke

  István Komlósi

  Edit Korom

  Márton Ispány

  Sándor Mihók

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  173

  Genetic variability is very important in small populations. We examined an indigenous bronze turkey population which is bred for gene conservation in order to see if the current mating system maintains genetic variability. The present generation was surveyed using microsatellite markers and a computer model was used to simulate changes in the population over 100 generations.
  The data was analysed using the concept of entrophy from information theory instead of genetic variance so that we could more accurately measure genetic variability.
  The results indicate that the breeding method currently in use, rotational line mating, is acceptable with respect to preserving genetic variability, but new selection methods may provide additional protection against the loss of alleles.

• Preservation of Biological Diversity of Domestic Animals in Hungary

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  Imre Bodó

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  115

  Since the 1992 Rio de Janeiro UNO Congress domestic animals belong also officially to the genetic diversity of the world. Non commercial domestic animal breeds should be maintained for many cultural and technical reasons. Conservation and preservation of living beings is nowadays in the programme of many regional, national and international organizations.
  The preservation of domestic animals is possible in situ (at the original place and conditions) and ex situ (by cryogenic methods).
  There are three era in the history of preservation of domestic animals: the epoch of spontaneous maintenance, the period of sporadic national activities and the era of international programme.
  Some of the questions to be solved by scientific research: the principles of selection of the candidate populations for maintenance, the different degrees of endangeredness, the necessary population size to be subsidized, the problem of inbreeding, the best mating systems etc.
  In Hungary the maintenance of endangered domestic animal breeds is based upon the low.
  The following breeds are on the list of protected breeds:
  − the Hungarian Grey cattle,
  − the Lipizzan, Shagya, Nonius, Gidran, Furioso,Kisbér Halfbred, Murinsulaner and Hucul horses,
  − the Racka, Tsigai and Cikta sheep,
  − the Mangalitsa pig,
  − the Hungarian yellow, white, speckled and the Transsylvanian naked necked hen,
  − the Bronze Turkey,
  − the Frizzle Feathered goose.
  Hopefully in the near future the breeders of traditional domestic animal breeds will find the possible niches for their special products.

• An Analysis of Rotational Line Mating Using Computer Simulation

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  Szilvia Szőke

  István Komlósi

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  134

  In a simulation examination, we analyzed the effect of the family size and the rate of pairing on the survival of rare genes, to keep the level of variation of the genepool and to avoid the loss of alleles.
  The population size was 360 animals. In the simulation, we calculated on the basis of a discrete population. We placed the 360 animals into different clusters, with 3 types of frequencies of alleles and 3 types of groups. We assumed 2, 3 or 4 alleles in 8 loci. We generated 15 generations using the same mating and selection system used in practise. The simulation was written with Scilab 2.7.2 software, and evaluated with SPSS software.
  There were significant changes in the effect of family size on the genetic variation in the following cases: when the base population had the same gene frequencies in all loci, and when the gene frequencies were between 0.125-0.75. In these cases, we found that the smaller families (10 animals/cluster) were better than the larger families (30 or 90 animals/cluster). The first generation where there accured a loss of alleles was averagely earliest in larger families (90 animal/cluster). This average was 3.37 generations. When we are searched the effects of the different rates of pairing we found those cases most favourable when the ratio of males and females was 1:2 or 1:4 as compared to 1:9. The first generation where there was a loss of alleles was averagely earliest at the ratio of pairing male and females of 1:9 (the mean was 3.05 generations) when the frequency of the rarest allele was 0.0069.
  The recently introduced rotating-random mating system is an eligible method for small populations for the preservation of genes.