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Canine parentage testing based on microsatellite polymorphisms.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Nov 2001
Ichikawa Y, Takagi K, Tsumagari S, Ishihama K, Morita M, Kanemaki M, Takeishi M, Takahashi H
Abstract excerpt
To establish an accurate method for parentage testing in dogs, microsatellite DNA repeat length polymorphisms were examined. We selected twenty microsatellite markers reported previously and examined their application for parentage testing in Beagles and Labrador Retrievers. Heterozygosity (He), Polymorphism Information Content (PIC), the probabilities of Paternity Exclusion (PE) and the combined PE were...
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