Bovine microsatellite loci are highly conserved in red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon) and Soay sheep (Ovis aries).

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.00347.x

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Bovine microsatellite loci are highly conserved in red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon) and Soay sheep (Ovis aries).

Animal genetics - 1 Aug 1998

Slate J, Coltman D W, Goodman S J, MacLean I, Pemberton J M, Williams J L

Abstract excerpt

We tested 174 bovine microsatellite primer pairs for use in a primitive breed of sheep and two species of deer. Of 173 markers, 127 (73.4%) gave a product in Soay sheep (Ovis aries) of which 54 (42.5%) were polymorphic. One hundred and twenty-nine of 174 (74.1%) markers gave a product in red deer...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Cattle
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Primers
Deer
Evolution, Molecular
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sheep

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