Manuscript Abstract

GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LEBANESE MOUNTAIN LOCAL GOAT POPULATION
T. Mira1, Abi-Rizk Alain, A. Charbel, A. S. Saab

1Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon.

Corresponding Author: myratabet@gmail.com
Page Number(s): 409-415
Published Online First: October 03, 2020
Publication Date: October 03, 2020
ABSTRACT

Lebanese mountain Baladi goats are endemic to Lebanon. However, few available genetic data on Baladi population is available. Information based on morphological and biochemical markers exists but yet remains imprecise. The aim of this study is to characterize the morphological and genetic traits of the Lebanese mountain Baladi population. The experiment was carried out in two different regions: Deir El Ahmar(1450m) and Boksmaya (400m). A total of 47 does, aging between 2-3 years, were studied; 9 quantitative traits and 5 qualitative traits were measured on each doe. The doe’s genomic DNA was extracted and amplified by using PCR with a panel of 10 ISSR microsatellite markers along with collecting phenotypic data from each animal. The results revealed the presence of two main clusters both genetically and morphologically: CI and CII where most of CI animals produced a lower quantity of milk compared to CII. The mean value for all quantitative traits, except barrel length, showed a superior significant difference between groups (p≤0.05). A positive correlation between the percentage of polymorphism, quantity of milk, ears and head color in both groups was observed. This attempt was to genetically characterize Lebanese Baladi population and to correlate its phenotype with its genotype.

Keywords: Baladi goat, genetic, genotype, ISSR, phenotype
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


Download Statistics
This Manuscript
Full Text
7
downloads
Citations
OpenAlex1
OpenAlex
1
Indicators
Metrics

Cite Score: 1.3

JCR Year: 2025

Indexing
Status

Web of Science (SCIE)

SCOPUS (Q3)

Journal Metrics
Current

Journal Impact Factor: 0.5

HEC Category: W

ISSN Details
Verified

Print ISSN: 1018-7081

Electronic ISSN: 2309-8694

Search the Journal

Use the fields below to search for articles by Title, Author, or Keywords.

All Downloads
Full Text
21,458
downloads
Supplementary
35
downloads