This invention belongs to the field of animal
molecular genetics and breeding technology, specifically relating to SNP
molecular marker combinations for identifying kinship in Sunite Mongolian cattle and their applications. The marker combination consists of 141 highly polymorphic SNP loci distributed on bovine autosomes 1-29, with an average physical distance of 19.93 Mb between loci, exhibiting good
genome coverage and locus independence. The selected SNP loci show high minimum
allele frequency (MAF), expected heterozygosity (He), and polymorphism information content (PIC) in the Sunite Mongolian cattle
population, with average values of 0.4843, 0.4990, and 0.3745, respectively, and a cumulative exclusion probability of no less than 0.9999 under unknown maternal
genotype conditions. The SNP
molecular marker combination and its application method of this invention can provide a reliable molecular tool for the protection of Sunite Mongolian cattle
germplasm resources, the construction of conservation populations, the selection of breeding bulls and cows, and the development of the Sunite Mongolian
beef cattle industry, offering advantages such as ease of operation, moderate cost, and high accuracy.