Genetics of coat color and fiber production traits in llamas and alpacas

ANELLO, MELINA; DAVERIO, MARÍA SILVANA; DI ROCCO, FLORENCIA

Animal Frontiers

Oxford University Press

Año: 2022 vol. 12 p. 78 - 86

2160-6056

Implications• The genetic mechanisms that regulate economicallyimportant fber traits in South American camelids arenot yet fully understood, resulting in low productivity.• In recent years, mutations responsible for somemonogenic or oligogenic traits have been identifed,enabling molecular testing to assist breeding decisions.• The recently developed 76K SNPs array for the alpaca,will facilitate the identifcation of genes affecting morecomplex traits through genome wide association studies.