“…Several studies have successfully used microsatellite molecular markers to characterize the genetic diversity between breeds and species of livestock (Li et al, 2000;Baumung et al, 2006;Yang et al, 2008;Sollero et al, 2008;Arora et al, 2010;Kugonza et al, 2011;Dixit et al, 2012;Souza et al, 2012) because these markers have high polymorphism, co-dominant inheritance, abundance in the genome, selectively neutral behavior, easy access, and high reproducibility (Dodgson et al, 1997).…”