Karthickeyan, S.M.K.Sivaselvam, S.N.Selvam, R.Raja, T.V.Rajendran, R.Thangaraju, P.TANUVAS2018-12-112018-12-112007http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810085558Umblachery cattle was assessed genetically using 25 microsatellite markers, as recommended by FAO. The number of alleles was ranging from 2 to 6 with a mean of 4.0 ± 0.11. The mean number of effective alleles were 2.91±0.09. The allele sizes were ranging from 94 to 300 bp with the frequency distribution of 0.0111 to 0.9375. The estimated heterozygosity value was high 0.6139 ± 0.02 and the PIC was 0.5625 ± 0.03 and the loci screened were polymorphic and overall mean FE value (-0.0487) suggested the excess of heterozygosity in the population.en-USVeterinary ScienceAnimal Genetics and BreedingArticle