SUMMARYThe domestic goat is one of the most important livestock species in mountainous area of Albania. In this study thirty microsatellite markers in 183 unrelated individuals from 6 local goat breeds are analyzed. Twenty nine markers had five or more alleles. All loci were polymorphic and a total of 331 alleles were detected. The average number of alleles per locus was 11.03. Within breeds, the mean number of alleles ranged from 7.8 to 8. Mean expected heterozygosity (He) . La consaguinidad para toda la poblacón es más bien alta F IS = 0,093 con un rango de 0,075 a 0,103, la F ST media (≈ 0,02) demostró que el 98% de la variación genética total se debe a la diferenciación genética dentro de cada población.