“…With the advantages of high PIC, uniform distribution in genome, and easy location, the microsatellite markers have been widely used in genetic map construction, gene location, relative relationship identification, population genetic structure analysis and marker assisted selection, etc. The polymorphic analysis of microsatellite markers played an important role in assessment of sheep genetic diversity and classification, conservation and utilization of breeds, and has been widely applied to study the genetic variation of different sheep breeds (Gizaw et al, 2007;Ozerov et al, 2008;Glowatzki-Mullis et al, 2009;Maria et al, 2010;Arora et al, 2011;Zhao et al, 2011;Sun et al, 2011;Al-Barzinji et al, 2011;Tolonea et al, 2012;Ghazy et al, 2013). Recently, Soma et al (2012) analyzed population genetic structure of the South African sheep breeds by microsatellite markers.…”