Effectiveness of bovine microsatellites in resolving paternity cases in American bison, Bison bison L.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.00252.x

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Effectiveness of bovine microsatellites in resolving paternity cases in American bison, Bison bison L.

Animal genetics - 1 Feb 1998

Mommens G, Van Zeveren A, Peelman L J

Abstract excerpt

A set of 33 cattle microsatellite primer pairs was tested with the DNA of American bison from a captive population in Belgium and evaluated for usefulness in parentage testing. Two primer sets did not amplify and three were monomorphic. Among the polymorphic markers, the number of alleles ranged...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Belgium
Bison
Cattle
Electrophoresis
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Paternity
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Probability

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