Genetic variability of guanaco and llama populations in Argentina

BUSTAMANTE AV, ZAMBELLI AD, DE LAMO DA, VON THÚNGEN J, VIDAL RIOJA LB

JOURNAL OF SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

Elsevier Science B. V.

Año: 2002 vol. 44 p. 97 - 101

0921-4488

This paper investigates the genetic diversity of one llama (Lama Glama) and two guanaco (Lama guanicoe) populations from Argentina by the analysis of six dinucleotide microsatellite loci from llama. Population parameters such as mean heterozygosity, exclusion probability, polymorphic information content, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium deviation, and population genetic distances were calculated. The obtained data showed that the populations analysed have high genetic variability, making them recommendable as genetic stocks for conservation and sustainable utilization programmes.