RESULTS CONCERNING GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MANGALITA BREED USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

The proper use, further development, testing and deployment of animal geneticresources is essential to enhancement of food security and sustainable intensificationof food production. For Red Mangalita conservation, we studied four microsatellitemarkers (SO228, SW72, SW911 and SW936) in order to genetic characterization oftwo populations. The results showed that both populations are in genetic imbalance,but also indicate high population variability, without the risk of genetic drift.