STUDY OF REINDEER BREEDS RAISED IN YAKUTIA BASED ON MICROSATELLITES
The reindeer is one of few productive animals in the North and the most important biological resource, which support the existence of twenty-one Eurasian ethnics. For them, reindeer has become an integral part of their economic practices and artistic culture. Presently breeding based on using genetic markers is the main global trend in animal husbandry, including reindeer breeding. Development of the methods of molecular genetics opened new possibilities in assessing genetic diversity, establishing population structure, and controlling the inbreeding degree. In this work, population and genetic characteristics of the Evenk breed of domestic reindeer, which is raised in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), are given.