During the last ten years, the use of molecular markers, revealing polymorphism at the DNA
level, has been playing an increasing part in animal genetics studies. Amongst others, the …

Microsatellites are short segments of DNA in which a specific motif of 1-6 bases is repeated
up to a usual maximum of 60 or so. Due to their exceptional variability and relative ease of …

Inbreeding has long been recognized as a primary cause of fitness reduction in both wild
and domesticated populations. Consanguineous matings cause inheritance of haplotypes …

Pig cloning will have a marked impact on the optimization of meat production and
xenotransplantation. To clone pigs from differentiated cells, we microinjected the nuclei of …

The melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) plays a central role in regulation of eumelanin
(black/brown) and phaeomelanin (red/yellow) synthesis within the mammalian melanocyte …

We report a bovine linkage map constructed with 1236 polymorphic DNA markers and 14
erythrocyte antigens and serum proteins. The 2990-cM map consists of a sex-specific, X …

Dense genetic maps of human, mouse, and rat genomes that are based on coding genes
and on microsatellite and single-nucleotide polymorphism markers have been …

We have constructed a zebrafish genetic linkage map consisting of 705 simple sequence-
length polymorphism markers (SSLPs). The map covers 2350 centimorgans (cM) of the …

A microsatellite-based high-density genetic map facilitates for fine mapping of hereditary
traits of interest, characterization of meiosis, and providing a foundation for physical map …

In an experimental cross between Meishan and Dutch Large White and Landrace lines, 619
F2 animals and their parents were typed for molecular markers covering the entire porcine …