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A parentage evaluation test in North American Elk (Wapiti) using microsatellites of ovine and bovine origin
Author(s) -
Talbot J.,
Haigh J.,
Plante Y.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1996.tb00480.x
Subject(s) - microsatellite , biology , polymerase chain reaction , genetics , evolutionary biology , allele , gene
Summary DNA microsatellites originally detected in sheep and cattle are also detectable in North American elk (Wapiti) using polymerase chain reactions. We have developed a parentage test in elk using eleven microsatellite markers that are highly polymorphic and informative.