title: A hypervariable pig DNA fragment.
abstract: A new hypervariable tandem repeat was isolated from the pig genome and characterized by DNA sequence. The use of this DNA fragment as a probe in order to follow allelic segregation and DNA fingerprinting in pigs, horses and rabbits is documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, State University of Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Coppieters
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van de Weghe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Depicker
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bouquet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Zeveren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA