Vahidi, FarhadTarang, Ali RezaNaqvi, Arif-un-NisaAnbaran, Mohsen FalahatiBoettcher, PaulJoost, StéphaneColli, LiciaGarcia, Jose FernandoAjmone-Marsan, Paolo2013-06-262013-06-262013-06-26201410.1186/1297-9686-46-27https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/92995WOS:000336933100001Iran is an area of particular interest for investigating goat diversity. Archaeological remains indicate early goat domestication (about 10 000 years ago) in the Iranian Zagros Mountains as well as in the high Euphrates valley and southeastern Anatolia. In addition, mitochondrial DNA data of domestic goats and wild ancestors (C. aegagrusor bezoar) suggest a pre-domestication management of wild populations in southern Zagros and central Iranian Plateau. In this study genetic diversity was assessed in seven Iranian native goat breeds, namely Markhoz, Najdi, Taleshi, Khalkhali, Naini, native Abadeh and Turki-Ghashghaei. A total of 317 animals were characterized using14 microsatellite loci. Two Pakistani goat populations, Pahari and Teddy, were genotyped for comparison.Iranian native goatDomesticationGenetic diversityMicrosatellitestext::journal::journal article::research article